Retrospect.

This blog was initially started as an addition to a Girl Scout Gold Award project.

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When I read the above sentence, I think:

 W O W.

Because be lovely turned out to mean so much more to me than just a project for an award. 

The purpose of the Gold Award is to share something that you think to be important with those around you, to share a message. 

My message has definitely been shared!

If you have not yet read the past entry explaining what my Girl Scout Gold Award project was about,
you can follow this link to read about my project and its purpose:
 Be lovely--A Girl Scout Gold Award Project.

As an update to how my project's presentation went,
The following is the answer to one of the prompts that I had to answer in order to submit for approval on my Girl Scout Gold Award project,
"Describe how your Girl Scout Gold Award impacted the community" :

My project impacted the community by bringing people together through tea. Tea time encourages celebrating of friendship and beauty and allows for minds and hearts to open. Holding an afternoon tea for any who cared to join brought members of the community together to take a break from life, clear their minds, and fellowship with others despite knowing them for years or for minutes! I heard much positive feedback from many in attendance; such as attitudes of appreciation and a wanting to continue to carry the message of tea throughout their own lives. 
My Gold Advisor even shared with me that I encouraged her Girl Scouts to hold a tea for younger scouts!
 The message of tea is branching out and that is one way of how my Gold Award has impacted the community.

 It's surreal for me to think that the project has since been completed and went through as a fantastic success!
What started as a phrase in the back of my mind ACTUALLY turned into a reality. 

But more than that, I'm in awe at how much support I received from those around me. 

So many people gave themselves to this project. 

I love how together the community came!

The fact that so many people were willing to help a simple Girl Scout with her project

AMAZES me.

It's been over a month since I completed my project.

While it was nice to step back for a while and recuperate after all the stress that came with getting it all to work out, I am ready to step back in to writing entries.

I checked my blog feeds today and I had new subscribers and page views--

it means so much to me that I have support; 

that somewhere, someone is interested in what I have to share and put into the world. 

If people are continuing to read, then I will continue to write.

Because even though my Gold Award project is over, my mission is always ready to continue.

Thank you. So much.

YOU truly are lovely.