by Emily Murray DTM District Director Families are like quilts…lives pieced together, stitched with smiles & tears, colored by memories, and bound by Love. District 25 is my family. I have said it so many times this year. I will say it again: You are my family. The quilts I make are a literal way…
by Emily Murray DTM District Director “The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth and how long you plan to stay in it” was written by Pulitzer Prize winning author Ellen Glasgow in her 1942 book The Sheltered Life. OOOO…this saying makes me angry! Because it’s right. And because ruts are…
By District Director, Emily Murray, DTM For lunch today I ate chocolate chip cookie dough and a peach Red Bull from 7-11. I feel no guilt about this. I am an adult. Adults make good decisions; therefore, this was a good decision. My stomach disagrees, however. Emily…what on Earth are you talking about? Hold on…
by Emily Murray DTM District Director Are you inspiring? Who do you know that is? I certainly don’t think that I am. To me, I’m just over here living my life. I know so many people who have done cooler, harder, more impressive, scarier, more unusual things than I have. We all tend to feel…
by Emily Murray DTM District Director Fake it ‘til you make it. This is one of my biggest guiding mantras. I don’t have to know everything, I don’t have to have done everything, I don’t even have to be sure I can do it, I just fake it until I get there. “Stay afraid but…
by Emily Murray DTM District Director I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself what a…
By District Director DTM District Director December! This is a month of significance no matter how you look at it. It’s the end of the calendar year. Did you accomplish all your goals this year? We’re halfway through the Toastmasters year; how are you doing on your self-development goals for the year? It’s the festive…
by District Director, Emily Murray, DTM With November comes Thanksgiving. With Thanksgiving comes reflection on what we are thankful for. You are not really surprised by my theme this month, are you? It’s pretty much a given in November. It’s easy to overlook the abundance of things we have in our lives to be grateful…
by Emily Murray, DTM District Director My work desk is filled with Halloween decorations. I have skeletons, bats, coffins, black cats, zombies and more. I love Halloween! Last year in September, we hired a lovely man named Mike who really enjoyed all my decorations for the season. Halloween came and went. In early November he…
