Over the past few months Lori and I have spent a significant
amount of time reflecting on our program, redefining what the LMC should be,
and setting goals. Just like everyone
else, we’d prefer that all of our plans happen RIGHT NOW, but reality always steps
in and demands a little patience.
Luckily all of our goals have been given a thumbs-up, but we're often left to find the funding to make them happen. Since the lottery and scratch off tickets
haven’t paid off for us, we took to grant writing where the odds are
significantly more in our favor! (Not kidding - we spent 45 minutes doing scratch off tickets. Total winnings = $50) To keep
us on track, we’ve got a Google Doc that chronologically lists grants by their
submission dates. The first ones we
submitted had due dates in June and now we’ve reached notification time. Let me tell you, when you’re waiting to find
out if your grant has been funded the absolute best thing to see in the subject
line of an email is CONGRATULATIONS!
As of today, we’re super excited to report
that two of our grants have been funded.
Orders are being placed, plans are taking shape, and we’re back to the
grant writing drawing board.
We haven’t checked off all of our goals, but we’re much closer
than we were….
