
Three weeks from tomorrow I will depart on what I’ve now named “The Fall Tour.”
It started with being invited to do a breakout at the Together for Adoption Conference in Atlanta on September 14th. This is my third year to attend and second year to do a breakout. I love these conferences – meeting other adoptive families and orphan care professionals feels like coming home.
Then I found out just a few weeks later that Jon Acuff scheduled one of his Quitter Conferences for the following weekend. I google mapped the distance between Atlanta and Nashville in about 3.4 seconds. I’ve wanted to attend Quitter since the first one but the travel cost made it kind of expensive. The actual conference is only about $100.
I gave my husband my best pretty-please puppy-dog eyes and asked if I could just stay over. I have a friend in Atlanta so my lodging was cheap and I thought maybe I could schedule 1 or 2 Adopt Without Debt Workshops to fill in the time.
Before I knew it I had four more workshops lined up with one more still being finalized.
You can see the complete details on my Upcoming Events page, but here’s the quick overview. If you’re in one of these towns I’d love to see you at the event.
Sept 14 – Atlanta: Together for Adoption Conference
Sept 15 – Indianapolis: Crossroads of America Adoption Conference
Sept 17 – Southern Piedmont Adoptive Families of America
Sept 18 – Hang out with friends in Knoxville
Sept 19 – Drive to Nashville, hopefully meet Dave Ramsey
Sept 19 or 20 – Tentative workshop in Nashville
Sept 21-22 – Attend QuitterSept 23 – GRACELAND ![]()
Sept 24 – Birmingham: Lifeline Children’s Services sponsored workshop
Sept 24 – Atlanta: Lifeline Children’s Services sponsored workshop





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Can’t wait for Graceland!
I really, really want to hear you speak in Nashville. Is there anything I can help with to turn “tentative” to “confirmed”?
Please let me know- jamie@owlreally.com
It’s a pretty sure deal. They’ve given me a verbal confirmation, I just don’t have the contract back.
I think it will be that Thursday. Just Love Coffee Roasters is sponsoring it and working on a location now!
Oh, good! I will blast it out to my friends once it’s confirmed, I’m sure I would know tons of people interested in going! I love your blog!
If you need ANY help in Nashville, please let me know. I run HearItFirst.com, a Christian music website, so I’m not some totally random weirdo.