Women Who Shine

A few weeks ago I received an email asking if I would like to nominate someone in my life for the Women Who Shine award. Yahoo! Shine is looking for women who "are blazing new trails, touching lives or are just being amazing every single day."

 The winning woman receives a $10,000 cash prize and there are great prizes are available for runners-up too.... So after a moment of consideration, a woman in my life jumped to the forefront of my thoughts. She is not flashy, doesn't brag about her impressive accomplishments, nor does she complain about all the responsibilities on her plate.....  without further ado, let me introduce Deb Brown.

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  Please VOTE here 
(click and it will go to her page - and then just click VOTE thanks!)

Deb Brown is a woman who shines directly into the hearts and lives of everyone she meets. Her role as the administrator of a thriving school is how I first ran across this amazing woman. The school itself is a shining example of how a cooperative should be done and it has made a life changing impact on numerous lives over the past twenty years. Deb’s leadership skills in this role are only a small part of the reason I am nominating her for this award though.

Her influence goes much farther than that. As a lawyer, a teacher, a wife, a mom, a grandma, a daughter, and much more, she is a model of faithfulness. It takes a strong woman to hold so many roles and care for so many people, but she does it with a supreme amount of grace and compassion.

You would not expect a woman with so much responsibility to be so overwhelmingly kind, and others-minded.  But Deb is just that.

And that is the reason I am nominating Deb Brown. Her example to me and all the wives, moms, teachers, children, and even the other schools in the area, is so valuable – yet often overlooked. Not one to draw attention to herself; she simply carries on and does the next right thing time and time again.

Sometimes the things we admire the most in others are traits that we are lacking and need to work on! 
Thank you Deb for showing me (and all those you meet) how to live.  

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There it is. That is my nomination. Now....

please vote for this 
ordinary-everyday-hard-working-
REMARKABLE woman

yes NOW. 

please....thank you :)

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