All of my reasons stem from the fact that I have four kids ranging in age from 1 to 22. The mere fact that we are spanning diapers and college diplomas and trying to do this with no new debt and in cash is remarkable enough to merit the kudoos of a scholarship.

Additionally, I homeschool two of my kids while trying to run an editing business, a graphic design business, a publishing business, write my own work, write work for other people and all in all use up every last ounce of talent my DNA will allow me.

I need that infusion of information to make my day seem a little less chaotic and alot more productive.

I sure hope you pick me. =)

And congratulations to all the women on this page who stepped up and took action on becoming a Savvy Mompreneur! Please check out the line-up of incredible mompreneurs and don’t miss our own Alexis Neely on tomorrow’s call!

For more information, go to Savvy Mompreneurs Telesummit http://budurl.com/bq9g

Our little Rachel. Now, 6 years old as of Jan 17, 2009 and healthy, beautiful and living life to the fullest…. but at 6 months old, on August 3rd, 2003, we were on the way home from lunch after church, it was pouring down rain, 3pm in the afternoon… I was sitting in the back seat of our minivan beside little baby Rachel in her rear facing car seat as my husband Bob, drove.

After several minutes of trying to settle her from serious crying, I realized that she had a VERY soiled diaper with evidence of the super-poop coming out from the TOP of her little pants as the waist line. OK gross! no wonder she was screaming! AND I SAID TO MY HUSBAND, ” BOB, BRACE YOURSELF, I AM TAKING HER OUT OF HER CARSEAT FOR A MINUTE TO CHANGE HER DIAPER….!”

Her clean diaper on, soiled darling little pants from her church outfit all tied up in the publix bag, I was still leaning over to the floor board of of the van where I had changed her diaper, when I heard Bob YELL, “WATCH OUT”………. I must have been in the process of lifting her up to put her back in her car seat… although, I did not see the wreck, so we guess I was still bent over. Not clear.

Moms, always stop your car or aske the driver to stop, off the road, if you have to change a diaper, nurse, or console your child. My mistake, although, the troopers said she could have been hurt badly in this case, had she been in the seat??? Divine protection regardless. I was a “never take your child out of carseat or seatbelt” crusader. and you know how fast you can clean up your baby and put on a clean diaper… So, many moms have said to me “oh what are the chances”………. well…………… !

SO, the lady told the state trooper that she saw the RED LIGHT, but she did not see anyone coming, and since it was raining so hard, it would be best to run the light rather than stop fast in the rain.”

She hit our van, “T-boned” us, right into my back seat drivers side door, the impact busted the window out beside me (thank God) and sent our van spinning in the middle of that intersection…
OH MY GOD, we are in a wreck?! Rachel is not back in her car seat, glass in raining down on us…

When I could see, Little Rachel, was in mid air, seemed suspended there at that second, and her bright blue eyes were looking right into mine… as she sailed out the window, across the intersection and landed… in a puddle, on her bottom, screaming and crying.

You know how fast these kind of things happen, yet while it is happening, time kindof stands still and you have what seems like a looooooong time to ponder, think, panic, reason…

I was screaming “my baby, my baby” all the while I watched her like a frizbee out my window. Bob, my sweet husband, did not know she had been ejected from the van…. he just turned around in panic to see about us and me yelling “my baby”… only to find me stuck in my seat, pointing across the highway.. and then I started yelling, “go get her please”…

He did. The sweet man, in the light blue sweater who saw the accident helped Bob move her from the puddle back to our van… it was still pouring rain so hard.. The man cautioned Bob, not to pick her up, he was a retired paramedic, but tell a Daddy he can not pick up his crying 6 month old who just flew over 30 feet in the rain across a highway and lying in a puddle face up in the rain… they scooped her up and the man helped Bob walk back to the van. We were hurt, but not aware of it under the circumstances with our attention 100% on Rachel.

Bob said, he knew she was “whole” when he put his hands under her to lift her up into his arms…

Ambulance came, and freaked out since it appeared she was bleeding from the mouth, what turned out to be a small glass cut in corner of her mouth. Put her on the back board and put me and Daddy in the back of ambulance with her. We went to our local hospital, tests for 3 hours there while waiting for the storm to pass so that BayFlight could get her from Sarasota Memorial to All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL. We stayed beside her the whole time excpet for the helicopter ride, patient and flight crew only. Our pastors drove us to St. Pete. .

4 days of MRI’s, ct scans and more… Everyone amazed that there was no broken bones, or bleeds to the brain. Doctor after doctor, radiologists, neurosurgeon, in and out of our room all amazed and totally NOT accepting that she was really ok. All telling us that this is always a sad ending, death or severe injury and pain the result of a person, a baby, being thrown from a spinning vehicle. Yes, A Miracle! Everyone agreed.

Well, miraculously, she was not injured other than carpet rash on her head and glass cuts from the shattered window.. you can see we realized we had our camera while we were in the ambulance and Bob started documenting this event at that time.

We were/are SO thankful for the news that she was not seriously injured and the follow up checkups with the pediatric nuerosurgeon would confirm, she is 100% fine. Miracle! Happy parents and happy doctor. He said, such a rare report he was thrilled!

She truly was touched by an angel and her ministry has begun. People could not help themselves from just wanting to touch her or hold her when we shared her story. And Now she just had her 6th birthday.

5 1/2 years……… every day a true gift and I know this. So WHAT has been wrong with ME? Shortly after the accident, I started going into what, now I know was post traumatic stress syndrome…. depression, despair, insomnia, night sweats, nightmares, lithargic, numb. And my baby was FINE! She was thriving, and I was dying from the experience.

Lots of prayer, seeking, asking, and surrounding myself with others who live life to the fullest, reminding me that, that is who “I” am. Where have I been…. still working it out, but NOW I KNOW…. there is so much to be gained by telling this miraculous story of God’s protection as well as the things He has blessed me with through the years in my direct sales career… the millions in earnings due to the relationships that were built and most still remaining… someone would rather this incident render me “speachless” and silence the GOOD report.

Time flies, whether you are having fun or not! NOW, most people understand why I am such an supporter of working from home and having the power or CHOICES over how to spend your life.

It has been over 5 years since that happened, and I have enjoyed my husband and daughter deep in my heart, I know that I was literally going through the motions and I am sure my family was wondering where my joy went, my optimism… the eternal optimist that I have always been, just enduring the day, smiling as much as possible on the outside… but just not me. I was stuck.

Well, I am on my journey still, and the journey to back to joy is on!

I still have more that I know needs to come out, I need to write it, and someone needs to hear it.

Thank you for visiting and reading my story and pass it on. God is good. Life is great! Every day is a gift! Discover what the desires of your heart are and DO THAT! And choose to life it to the fullest. Today you were given the g i f t o f a day.

Blessings!

I would be thrilled to receive a scholarship to the Savvy Mompreneurs Telesummit. Thanks so much for offering this!

I am just starting out with my blog and looking forward building my business online. I wrote my first post today at http://www.theartofdramaticliving.com. I’m having a lot of fun learning as I go and taking one step at time.

In the last week and a half I’ve installed WordPress, signed up to offer an RSS feed, and started making connections on Twitter. There is so much to learn in so many areas – tech stuff, business wise – and, of course, about the personal development and growth necessary to keep yourself motiviated – and even if your not feeling motivated – putting one foot in front of the other.

I’m not sure yet how my business will look when it is up and running and that is exactly what makes this opportunity incredible and timely.

I’m a single mom – with a soon to be 10 yo daughter. I would love to be a model for her as a successful and audacious business woman!

Thank you for the oppotunity! And I look forward to hanging out with you some more.

Best,
Kirsten Olson
Helping multi-talented creatives get their act together.

Perhaps this is why, when asked during a freshman creative writing class what I wanted to be after college, my answer was simply, “a mom.”

But nothing is ever that simple. Financial reality demands that after five years of staying home with my kids, the true purpose of my life, the time is rapidly approaching for me to return to the world of income generators. I never left the world of the working…

Rather than doing a disservice to myself, my family, and my potential students by returning to my teaching career, I chose instead to start a blog. And out of my blog, I suddenly started a business. Now I am on the verge of launching yet another business, this time helping moms harness the power of the world of marketing through product reviews, giveaways, and other special incentives I will obtain for them from PR and Ad agencies. I have never felt more alive in my life – except for the day I became a mom. And I have never felt more fulfilled in my life – except for in my job as a mother.

Now I know why there was never a category in those career find books that fit or a job that made perfect sense to my life and to my heart. It’s because no test could tell me that I was meant to be a Mompreneur.

A scholarship to the Savvy Mompreneurs Telesummit would help me take this new found career to the next level.

Thanks for your consideration!

I am a stay at home mom of two children waiting for the third one to arrive. I have been a stay at home mom for the last nine years. I have been trying to help my husband start a new company online so that I can continue to stay at home with out children. I think that it is very important to spend time with your children during especially during their younger years. Learning new marketing techniques would greatly affect the potential of our business. I would greatly appreciate an opportunity like this one.