Sandra,

Your conference report was really fun to read. You were amazing in handling your needs, congratulations .

One thing that makes Ranch such a huge joy dot is being around others who understand and share our food needs. I hope you know we were with you in spirit even in Chicago!

Joy S

: Hi Everyone!

: I just got back from a really cool
: conference in Chicago. It was for
: 3 days from 9am to 9pm! Thankfully
: we got out early most nights.

: I met a lot of cool people and
: learned a ton. I am still
: digesting it all and settling in.

: It made me realize how special Ranch
: is in that Kathleen really caters
: to our specials needs be it
: introverted, responding to
: information overload and most
: especially meeting our food needs!

: The conferenece people were very kind
: and loving but the lunches were
: light in protein and browns it was
: waaay too much information the
: first day. LOL.

: I made and brought lunch, dinner and
: snacks all 3 days. People were
: very impressed with my level of
: self care and my food brought up
: lots of fun discussions at the
: lunch table. One lunch I had
: spagetti and meatballs and veg,
: another pork and potatoes and veg
: and another salad, hb eggs, and
: rice.

: I went for a few nice walks on breaks
: to get some sunshine and at one
: point in conference i laid down on
: my back and put my feet up on the
: chair to rest and put my back in a
: better position. It took a lot of
: courage to do it but part of the
: message of the conference was
: practicing radical self care so i
: was brave and went for it! People
: were smiling at me on break and
: one lady even said, "I need
: to do that!".

: Because I live in a suburb of
: Chicago, I commuted with friends
: each day and one morning a friend
: asked me about my food. I shared
: RR with her and encouraged her to
: check out the website and get the
: book! I even told her she was a
: joy dot for me because she was
: knitting in the car on the way
: there which i found to very
: soothing in Chicago traffic!

: Glad to be back,

: Sandra