Little Black Dress- day 19

I have shared with a lot of you, that for the month of February I am wearing the same black dress.....every day. It is to help raise awareness, and funds, to the fact the girls we are helping do not have a choice; in what they wear, in what they do, in anything. So by removing my simple choice of what to wear, I can get a glimpse of what they experience.
What I have discovered is:

1. I have way too much clothes! I plan to purge quite a bit of my stuff, and give to our survivors.
2. You cannot be vain and do this - it will cure you of that!
3. The lack of choice was sorta freeing :)  It has shaved 20 mins off my morning routine!!!!
4. I do miss my flannel shirts :)
5. Not as many people notice that I am wearing the same thing, so it really hasn't been as intimidating as I was expecting.

But the best thing that I have discovered was the (unrealized) teachable moment with Audrey. One Sunday when I was washing my dress, Audrey panicked "Mommy you can't take it off, it is for the girls". Soo sweet and precious. She persistently asked me to make her a black dress, so this past week I did. She wore it almost every day. I wanted to make sure it was her choice, not me influencing her. She wore it 4 out of 5 days. So proud she is able, and willing to help others at age 4!!

Are you? Willing to help?
You can donate to the "Little Black Dress Project" Fund here.

We're back!!!!

Gosh, looking back over these post, it has been YEARS since I did a post. Living life to the fullest, having a Rainey Adventure and my next big adventure starts Monday.

Most know that while I work at Wells Fargo full time, I volunteer with present age ministries. A nonprofit organization that works to combat sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking of teen girls here in NC. Well my 2 worlds over the past year have collided. Wells Fargo has granted me a Paid leave of Absence to come work at Present Age Ministries. Over the course of the next 3 months I will work to help roll out our prevention curriculum- “Discovering Your Value” (DYV). Seems easy enough, right?

Well I will need to accomplish several things while out- ALL IN 3 MONTHS!
From a technical perspective (this is where my 16 years of working experience comes into play!!!)

• • Create a pre and post survey for tracking results and success of the DYV. (aka Gathering the ‘business’ requirements’)
• • Determine which software would best meet needs of storing those results. (aka Determine design solution)
• • Build/ customize the database. (aka development)
• • Produce the reports to help gain some stats proving the worth of DYV (AKA lessons learned/ cost benefit)

All of this will be in tandem while I am help train local schools on how to facilitate the DYV.
As of right now, we honestly have 2-3 speaking engagements every week! So exciting, a little overwhelming 
But soo excited to see the doors that are opened over the next 3 months!