A Crowd of 100

One of the events on writing I was invited to this month of November gathered a crowd of 100, composed of college students taking up education, some professors, book enthusiasts, and would-be authors.   

It was online so it freed me from travelling to Laguna (with the threat of bad traffic and Covid-19 still in the air). The organizers sent me one of my photos from my timeline and asked if they could use it for the poster. I cringed! That was taken ages ago, when the pandemic was not even a premonition.  

So I sent them my blurry photos (I have nothing better) taken online by friends during webinars. The layout artist must have cringed as well and did something about it quickly. Result?  

A 20-year-younger-and-20-times-prettier than my old photos in my FB timeline. When Tony saw it, he asked, “Who’s that?” 

The audience must have asked the same question when they finally saw me online. But this was overtaken by animated and free-flowing exchanges. There were tons of questions—no dead air—which is what I enjoy most when conducting seminars or teaching. 

You can tell by looking at the photos that I immensely enjoyed myself. It was one of those times the Lord crowded my day with so much glee that gratitude for His grace cannot stop.