Goodbye to Nelson Mandela

Mr. Nelson Mandela was one of my father's heroes because of his extraordinary leadership.  Mandela progressed from royalty to rebel to prisoner to President to peacekeeper. (see http://bit.ly/1cdLlEj).

I'm grateful for witnessing the influence of his life on our planet.  Richard Branson's blog is my favorite tribute so far. http://bit.ly/19ksmqX

Here are some of his many quotes.  Let his light continue to inspire us.

Antartica is on our minds and hearts!

I found out yesterday that Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group is touring Antarctica.  More great footsteps to follow!  He's blogging everyday.  His Antarctic log 7 :Antarctica is closer than you think" is something to think about.  More people every day are realizing climate change is important to understand.  This has been a busy week.  I made presentations to 55 seventh graders at Fitzsimmons Middle School, who fired great questions at me for 20 minutes.  Yesterday,  a local home school group gathered for my presentation.  Students of all ages (3 to 9) were very engaged for an hour!  I brought some my clothing for the trip.

Here's some of the girls and their parents from the WWA Home School Connection Fine Arts and Enrichment Program saying, "We are All Antarctica!"