We were very privileged to have Marla McKenna - author of the children's book - Mom's Big Catch - visit with our homeschool group. It was really wonderful. What a great event and an inspirational message. Marla McKenna read her book to the group. It is a very cute book. It was neat to hear, from the author's perspective, why she had certain pictures in the book, their meaning to her personally and her thought process on writing the book. She also talked about the process to become an author. Her message to the kids was to 'follow their dreams' and not give up. It took her two years and many rejection letters before she found a publisher willing to publish her book. The process took patience - from the point the publisher said yes - it was about another 10 months before the book was printed. Marla is a Christian and talked about how none of this would be possible without God. She really felt God inspired her and helped her through the process. If any of you are interested in reading more about Marla and her book - here is a link to her website. link
And a big thank you to Marla for taking time from her busy schedule to talk with our kids. It was awesome! What a wonderful lady!
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