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The last Kid Show was surprisingly successful for me. While most of the money earned came from the Aurora plush toys, which is what I sell to make it possible for me to continue being an author, artist & photographer, I did sell some photography prints, photography magnets, and even a few stickers. Sadly, no books sold which is typical for most events. 

While it is frustrating struggling to sell my work to people, and rarely getting sales, my current goal is to finally get a DSLR camera so I’m grateful to get money anywhere I can, even if I was originally against the idea of selling something my company didn’t make. Oddly enough, I originally didn’t want to sell my photography either as I didn’t want to turn another hobby I enjoyed into a stressful job which easily takes a lot of the enjoyment out of a hobby, but while the sales are low, I at least usually sell a photograph or something with my photography on it so I’m still able to use photography as a way to relive stress rather than it being something that causes it. 

Anyway, I have been doing the Kid Show for a few years now, and ever year it’s a little better than the last time. It’s one of those shows I keep attending because of not just the money, but because I never really know what to expect as each year is different. 

My first year I had nothing except my books which meant I mainly spent two days just watching people pass me by with the exception of a few people. The most memorable moment was when one lady picked up my book and actually seemed interested then found out the price was $5.99 and put it down again saying it was too expensive. 

Last year, I had an unexpected visit from the past. While I didn’t actually recognize or remember the person, she remembered me and I found out her family had just been talking about me. I knew her family from the elementary school that I went to from K-5th grade though I only just barely recognized the name so I had a hard time processing the fact that anyone from back then would still remember and talk about me. I also had one person not want to take and of the word search puzzles I was handing out to anyone that wanted one because she didn’t know anything about the subjects I had made my word search puzzles about. My mom tried to explain how word search puzzles work and that you don’t need to know anything about the subjects to complete them, but it didn’t go well. 

This year, I don’t know what to expect, but I do know it will be interesting whether I have good sales or not. This year the 23rd Annual Kid Show will be on March 26th & March 27th. On Saturday, the 26th the event takes place from 11 AM - 6 PM. On Sunday, the 27th the event takes place from 12 PM - 5 PM. Like the previous year I will have free word search puzzles for the kids. I might also have my coloring pages and some home printed stickers with my art and photography to give out. 

If you are interested in my word search puzzles or coloring pages and can’t attend the event, you can find them on both my websites where you can download and print them out for free. www.ammoonlightcreations.com has activities related to the company and books, and www.jenniferpriester.com has activities relating to myself and my photography such as a coloring page of my late Chihuahua, Taco and word search puzzles about finding different types of birds, dog breeds, and more that I have photographed over time.

I will try to update more often and make a monthly post about events I will be attending, however I have two sites on almost all social media pages to update, plus two websites so I don’t always get to everything. If you are interested in finding out what’s new and where I will be next, I will keep both websites listed above updated with current news and events. I just finished putting up the current schedule of events for the year on the A&M Moonlight Creations website and will likely be updating my personal one with the same info tomorrow. Along with the listed event you can also see a photo I chose to go along with each month. Since not everyone celebrates holidays I tried to stick with just photos of animals and nature for each month. 

In case you are curious and don’t want to visit my websites, I chose my photo of a squirrel in the snow for this month.

Why Do I Coach? – Rhoads Life Coaching

Last week I posted ‘What IS Coaching?” If I were coaching myself, the next natural questions becomes ‘Why Do I Coach?’

Being a coach ends up fulfilling my purpose and creates meaning in nearly everything I do. For those of you who know me, I have a wide range of interests and careers. Coming from a biology background, I geek out about how individuals fit together creating a larger habitat and…