women of faith

In July, Lauren gleefully informed me that she had been chosen by Booksneeze to be an official review blogger for the Women of Faith Conference in Atlanta on August 12-13.  This honor included a ticket for her and one friend to attend the conference.  Guess who she chose to join her in this adventure?  Yes, her mom -- who would drive, pay for a hotel, food any other incidentals.  Bright girl, she is.

I have attended two other Women of Faith conferences, both well over ten years ago.  But, I had never attended one with my daughter.  I couldn’t pass on this one:)

We headed out mid-morning on the Friday so that we could make a few stops before checking into our hotel and getting started Friday night at 7 pm.  We stopped in Newnan (just outside Atlanta) at a very special Chik-fil-a restaurant called Dwarf House.  Lauren has wanted to stop anytime we are in the area, but this is our first time (well, she stopped by briefly once with her dad, but I haven’t been by).  We stopped for lunch and ate in the sit-down dining area (after Lauren used the Dwarf entrance, of course).



After lunch, we headed into Atlanta and made a brief shopping stop at Atlantic station before checking in at our hotel.  We decided to stay at the Omni which is attached to the CNN Center/Philips Arena.  The picture below on the left was out our hotel room window.

When we arrived at the conference, we found that Booksneeze sent some pretty good seats for us (on the floor, only about 10 rows back from the stage).  It was neat being close to the speakers, but we found that the folding chairs were not very comfortable and very crowded.  When we returned for the Saturday morning session, we found available seats up a little higher that had a great view of the jumbotron.  Just what we needed!



I really enjoyed our time together: traveling, shopping, and just hanging out with each other and talking about what we heard from the speakers. 

“May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants. May our daughters be like

graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.”  Psalm 144:11-13