<p><em><strong>Where?</strong></em> State Street in Greensboro<br />
<em><strong>When?</strong></em>&nbsp;Thursday from 4-7pm<br />
<em><strong>Why?</strong></em> <em>Because I will be raffling a free spot for October 9th's Petite Sessions!</em><br />
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I am very excited about the Ladies Night Out this Thursday! And not just because I will have an open house, with goodies, and a raffle... or even because the street will be open with lots of goodies as well (shameless plug, I know!) But for an even deeper reason, close to my heart.<br />
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Let me tell you about my daughter for a minute. At 5 years old she is one of the most creative people I know. She has an unprovoked passion for writing and drawing notes to people. Before she could even learn to write all her letters, at the age of three, she was begging to know how to write &quot;I love you&quot; so she could write sweet notes to everyone she loves, meets, or comes into contact with.<br />
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Here is Eva at three years old, learning to write &quot;I love you, Mommy&quot; which came out more as an I &lt;3 U (upside down M).</p>
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A little more recently, I had the wonderful opportunity to mentor another photographer (more to come soon about that!) and Eva was our gorgeous model. Here is a drawing she made for the photographer, depicting her posing in the background.</p>
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<p>So what does this all have to do with Ladies Night Out? Well, here is the thing. Eva has decided that she wants to be my Promotions Manager. Every day after school she has gathered up all the business cards she can find and begs me to let her go out on the street and pass them out! In truth, I'm so embarrassed to pass out my own business card to anyone, let alone the fear that someone will think I sent my daughter to do it!<br />
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Every day I hear her ask me this, &quot;Mommy, pleeeease call your clients. Tell them to come over! Pleeeese.&quot; And it is so adorable! She wants to badly to give my clients snacks and my business cards.<br />
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So yesterday, I hear her playing on the porch putting something together. I go out to find pretzels laid out for &quot;clients&quot; and stacks of business cards all over. And... I find a sign that she tacked to the stair rail!</p>
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<p>Can you see where she was drawing my logo and phone number?! Ha!</p>
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<p style="text-align: left; ">Completely on her own!<br />
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So this is why this Thursday's Ladies Night Out will be so special for me. Because Eva will finally get her opportunity to promote her mommy's business! She will get to pass out snacks and business cards, and even get to take a raffle!<br />
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<em><strong>So, Thursday, drop on by State Street and stop in to meet my daughter and enter for a chance to win!</strong></em><br />
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