Lisa Anne King - Angel Anniversary

While looking through some of our old photos, I thought because of the anniversary of Lisa's death, it would be appropriate to remember her by posting some of her pictures and remembering those really good times of her life. These are a combination of baby pics and school pics. Hope you enjoy them as much as we have. Many of you knew her at different stages of her life, some as a toddler, with a big smile, some at an awkward pre-adolescence age, and then when she began to blossom and grow into the lovely young woman that she became.

Her life was cut too short and we miss her, but like to remember the good times and the happy times of her life.

NCADV Conference

Just returned from an exciting week in Anaheim, CA while attending the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Conference at the Hilton Hotel. The staff from NCADV were very helpful and friendly.

My good friend, Jan Lobeck, author of Not In Vain, from Hobbs, NM, shared her Marketplace table with Fix the Hurt. Over 100 people stopped by our table with more than a passing interest and we were able to share our message.

Jan lost her daughter, Sheri, to domestic violence about 4 yrs ago and she and her husband are raising Sheri's son. We will be presenting Domestic Violence, The Musical? to benefit Sheri's Memorial Fund and to raise awareness in Hobbs.

John was able to attend with me and this was great since we were able to present Control.Assault.Delete on Tuesday as an add-on workshop. The response was very positive and we were able to tell this passionate story and reach lives.

I attended some really great workshops and plenaries. One of the best workshops was presented by Ada Alavarez from Washington, DC. Her workshop was on Dating Violence Prevention. One of the examples she gave was the importance of preaching prevention. She asked a really hard question, "If you are on the river bank alone and someone is on the cliff above the river throwing babies into the river, do you try to save the babies or do you go up on the cliff and stop the person committing the atrocities."

Attending this conference was a great opportunity to network, find out about new and innovative programs and see the passion that so many have to end domestic violence.