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Last December, when an invitation to speak at the 2010 International Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) Convention arrived, I was pretty pumped. With about four or five thousand young moms attending the August 5 – 8 event, the convention would be a great place to hawk A Different Dream for My Child<\/a><\/em> and connect with parents raising kids with special needs.<\/p>\n

When two BFFs agreed to road trip with me to Nashville, stay at the Grand Old Opry Hotel, and help sell books, I was even more pumped – at least until last spring when Nashville was smacked with a devastating flood. Life changed dramatically for people along the flooding river. I can\u2019t imagine what horrors they endured and are still enduring. But I do know the effects of the flood flowed far beyond the Tennessee shoreline. One small ripple made it all the way to Iowa and left me with a MOPS mess to tidy up.<\/p>\n

The convention planners moved the event from Tennessee to a conference center in Kissammee, Florida, just south of Orlando. My BFFs said it was too far for them to travel. My daughter can\u2019t come because her new in-laws are hosting a reception for the newlyweds that weekend. My new daughter can\u2019t come because she just started a new job and doesn\u2019t have any vacation time. My husband can\u2019t come because he\u2019s used all his vacation time on weddings, Family Camps, and man-of-steel hikes in the wilderness with other men of steel.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019m going to Florida…alone.
\nI\u2019ll be minutes away from the happiest place on earth…alone.
\nI\u2019ll be counting out change and signing books…alone.<\/p>\n

In the grand scheme of things, it\u2019s a tiny disappointment. It\u2019s a teeny-tiny mess compared to the flood in Nashville. It\u2019s still a great opportunity, and I\u2019m eager to learn why God is sending me there all by myself. What will happen on the way? Who will I meet? What opportunity awaits? When I think like that, my MOPS mess looks tidier by the minute.<\/p>\n

But what about the people in Nashville?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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