Guess who's back... back again... Keshia's back... tell a friend!!
Haha why
hello! Long time no blog! I know, I know... it's been far too long... you're probably wondering what's up with me?
Where have I been? Why haven't I been blogging? Why don't I
love you anymore??!! haha ORRRR I'm not as important as I think I am and you could care less that I haven't been blogging. I
choose the prior!
So.. in answer to all
your questions... (in the order you've asked of course..) Not a whole lot.. been busy
working and doing new things... I've been here, there and around, but mostly right here at home in front of my
puter! I
HAVE been blogging! Just not here my friends... I know, I know
sad but true.. I'll fill ya in later on. And last but not least... Why don't I love you? I DO!!!! I love
all of my adoring fans! I just have been
ridiculously busy with all sorts of projects and one REALLY big one in particular! But I am trying to come
back for good! Really I mean it! I wanna blog and I wanna keep
writing. I love to write and I do miss the old blog. So... here I am -back in the flesh... well..
type I guess.
So now that it's later I can tell you all about my
busy life and where I have been blogging. But first, I'll start from the
beginning.
Nick and I as well as his Bro and Sis-in-law have started a
Charity! Our charity is called the Child Rescue Association of North America, or
Child Rescue for short. Now, I want to tell you about the charity, but I don't want to make you
sad because it's not a happy issue... so I will do my best to tell you some facts so you
understand the necessity for charities like this, but not so you get depressed.
Basically, what our charity does is raise
awareness and funds to help
fight child trafficking. In laymen terms... child trafficking (or human trafficking) is
forced prostitution. Children are being abducted from their homes,
sold by their families or mislead and coerced into prostitution and treated as slaves. Often their lives and the lives of their families are threatened to keep them in this trade. -basically, without getting into too much detail, that is what we are trying to
end.
Lots of you may know that this is a
major problem in Cambodia and overseas, but few... very few people realize this is a problem
here in North America as well. It is happening right here in the city that I live in and you can be pretty sure it's happening where you live too. As a mother, this
terrifies and sickens me, which is why I have chosen not to turn away and pretend it doesn't happen, but to fight and do
everything I can to stop this from continuing to happen.
Human Trafficking is the second most
profitable organized crime world-wide... with the first being drugs and third being weapon sales. Annually, human trafficking is more profitable than Nike, Google and Starbucks...
combined!
How can't I fight?
I know this is a
HUGE problem, but ya know what? It only takes one person! (Mother Theresa, Gandhi, Rosa Parks...) I'm not saying that I'm
worthy of any of the prestige that those amazing people deserve. No... I'm using them as an example that a single person can make a difference... and Child Rescue is far from a single person.
We have developed an
AMAZING team of staff and volunteers and are doing exciting things!
Our first event to raise awareness will be
Candlelight Serenade Acoustic Festival, which will happen on Saturday, August 21 2010 at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi,
Utah. This concert is going to be
EPIC! Sooo good... the line up is AMAZING! It will include
Dashboard Confessional Chris Carabba, Nick Hexum of
311,
Third Eye Blind, Vedera, Neon Trees and a bunch more! We're soo excited about this concert and the
awareness and funds it will bring to Child Rescue and this amazing cause!
So back to
blogging... I have been in charge of websites and the online presence for
Child Rescue and
Candlelight Serenade, so I have been taking care of
Facebook Pages, Twitter,
Blogs and
whatever other social media we choose. Luckily I've had an
awesome partner who's been heading up a lot of the Candlelight stuff leaving me with only half the social media workload! I tell you though, it is all
sooooo much work, but I am absolutely LOVING it! I get so excited any time I see that someone has
mentioned us or any time I see the ticket sales. This charity is becoming like another
child to me... something I absolutely
ADORE with all my heart... I crave it! I can't wait to tell people about it and create
events and it just makes me soo happy to know that I am helping such a worthwhile cause...
protecting our children!So... that's what I've been up to... busy
busy busy! If you'd like to learn more about the charity or the
concert here are some links for ya:
http://childrescue.orghttp://childrescue.org/bloghttp://candlelightserenade.comhttp://candlelightserenade.com/bloghttp://twitter.com/childrescue_nahttp://twitter.com/childrescuecalghttp://twitter.com/candleserenadeSearch for both Child Rescue and Candlelight Serenade on Facebook
