08/07/2026
Recently I shared that I was given the opportunity to to represent AZ Cactus Pine Girl Scout council at their National convention. I had never been and really did not know what to expect. It truly was an amazing experience and I feel very blessed to be able to advocate for the Girl
Scouts of Arizona because after all, I do bleed green.
We had some intense days, however, we had a few guest speakers come as well and let me tell you……WOW! I was listening to Jess and the tears were streaming down my face uncontrollably! Never in my life have I felt so validated and so heard in my life as I did in this
very moment. She came out on stage and the 1st thing she said was…..”Have you ever been told you were too much?” The slide on the screen read “My love letter to those who were told they were too much (or not enough)”. Ok Jess…I am listening & crying now! As I sat in my very
uncomfortable chair, I became more uncomfortable with my battle I have fought my entire life of being misunderstood, being too much, fighting every day of my life to “survive”, and
knowing I am more than the abuse I lived in. So much hit home for me personally during this presentation. Very few people in my life have any idea of what I have been through in life or why I am who I am; which is ok because I am a survivor. Nobody needs to know my story, but I
do. Nobody has the right to judge others…..EVER. We do not get the right to label others either.
Why do we make ourselves small because of others judgements? Why are we fearful of living to be our true selves? If we were all the same….life would be boring!
PLEASE be too much! PLEASE be true to you! PLEASE do not allow yourself to feel less than
