{"id":17146,"date":"2017-06-29T17:20:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T22:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=17146"},"modified":"2017-06-29T17:20:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T22:20:07","slug":"heartspring-recognition-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=17146","title":{"rendered":"Heartspring Recognition Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/34749509680\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4284\/34749509680_2fbde38fa4.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I attended the inaugural Heartspring Recognition Breakfast a few weeks ago and look who I ran into! What a happy coincidence!<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/34326004183\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4257\/34326004183_3fe1631dbf_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not even the best part. The best part is that Jarrica and I were wearing the exact same Lularoe dress (the Amelia, which is my favorite LLR dress style) just in different prints. Oh, and her friend between us was wearing a Lularoe dress too. She&#8217;s wearing the Julia style. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/34326005723\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4232\/34326005723_2a2706255d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another nice surprise was seeing Jenn Canare, a girl that my sister went to school with, receive several awards. I thought that was pretty neat. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/34291265234\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4228\/34291265234_9150226181.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had no idea that she&#8217;s a huge supporter of Heartspring.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/34291490994\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4225\/34291490994_d6c43876e7_c.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian was by himself at the office that week so he couldn&#8217;t attend. Since he couldn&#8217;t go, I recruited my coworker\/friend Faith to be my plus-one. However, something came up and she couldn&#8217;t go either. She felt bad for bailing on me but I told her not to worry. I was sure that I&#8217;d run into some familiar faces. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/34291759854\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4245\/34291759854_c63ee41f38.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides running into Jarrica, I actually ran into another coworker who was seated at the same table as me. This is my coworker\/friend Kristen. She recently joined the Heartspring board of directors and was a late addition to the event. As luck would have it, there was an empty seat at our table and we got to sit together. That worked out nicely. I didn&#8217;t have to be alone after all.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/34750357260\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4233\/34750357260_be56638e0e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event was very nice. Heartspring President &#038; CEO David Stupay provided an update about the organization and then they gave out several awards (a bunch of them to Jenn Canare and her team &#8211; LOL). <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/34750357260\/in\/datetaken-public\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4233\/34750357260_be56638e0e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the event, all of the guests got to take home coffee that was specially blended for Heartspring. That was a really nice touch. I took Faith&#8217;s back to the office for her at Kristen&#8217;s suggestion. The coffee smelled delicious but I ended up giving mine away. I don&#8217;t really drink coffee and Brian is allergic to blueberries. <\/p>\n<p>which reminds me. I should ask Matt, my coworker that I gave my bag of coffee to, and Faith how the coffee was! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I attended the inaugural Heartspring Recognition Breakfast a few weeks ago and look who I ran into! What a happy coincidence! That&#8217;s not even the best part. The best part is that Jarrica and I were wearing the exact same Lularoe dress (the Amelia, which is my favorite LLR dress style) just in different prints. 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