SISTERS:
News: Lent is (technically) over!
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Dear VIP Friend, We are all busy, and several of you tell me that my emails are too newsy and too long. My justification is to give you LOTS of opportunity and breaking news, and several things I want to share, all in one place. Whether you read this all at once or come back to in order to click the buttons and
claim all the free stuff, that's all up to you.
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If you're not following my Instagram stories, you may not know that during most of Lent I went to volunteer work at the Villa, the home of the retiring Sisters of Saint Joseph. They live in a 7 story building and receive government funding only for their first 2 floors that are hospital-run, and I worked on every floor almost every day. The thrilling (and nervous) part was learning to "bus tables" in the dining room, move
residents around in different types of wheelchairs (with different types of brakes), and work with many individual whose sense of hearing was very different from the one person to the next. I recorded and saved (on Insta) the hysterical stories each day so that I will always remember the fun I had on my 12 hour days. The #fitnessT: I grew in respect, in duties, in self-searching, and in humility during this month.
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One story highlight: celebrating Sister Mary's 87th birthday with her, who used to work with Saint Sister Mother Theresa, M. C. in the last century. When Sister Mary finished her birthday dinner which coincided with my last night working there, she called my name and announced in the dining room: "Lawrence, if you have time now that dinner is finished, you can follow me back to my room and touch something special."
Without missing a beat, I said "Sister, that's not only the best offer I had during my Lenten season here at the Villa, but the first time a woman has EVER offered that to me!" The dining room erupted in laughter, and I followed Sister Mary back to her room to see the photos and letters between her and Mother Theresa. The #fitnessT: I learned that working with saints rubs off a bit.
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News: Hearing the Latest #fitnessT from me:
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This year my newest hashtag is #fitnessT: spilling the fitness tea, a euphemism for telling the little secrets of our fitness industry you'd otherwise never know. Every day, some piece of scintillating news crosses my path, and sometimes I think it's important for you to know. Here in this email, you get the latest news on this missive because you are on my
VIP Update Newsletter. There is ONE one way of getting even MORE breaking news, and that's on a group I have of UberVIPs on a free smartphone app called Voxer Walkie Talkie. There you get a short text or voice message from me when news is breaking. Sometimes there's a piece of info I want to get to everyone with the lightning speed of a text, and this is it. The #fitnessT: here's the single best way to get breaking news from me (and
also reach me with a one-on-one message, regardless where I am):
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If you're interested, this takes 60 seconds:
1.go to your app store 2. type "voxer walkie" 3. look for this logo below in your app store 4. get the app make a name 5. send me a "hi" message on it (speak it or type it) to @findlawrence, and I'll do the rest to add you to the breaking news Broadcast Group so you get the "tea," ..like which major organization in fitness from the 80's was just sold AGAIN during our pandemic.
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News: Latest Installment of my #namaSlay series from #fitnessworks!
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PS: this music is royalty-free and I let you use it to jam on socials!
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As I always promise to share in my VIP emails something I don't post, here is Sister Helen who taught me in 4th and 5th grades: serving her at Lunch in the formal sit-down Dining Room daily was a treat for me.....
Thank YOU for making it this far to the end.... send me a Voxer with the words "surprise me" and I'll reply with some special gifts. 🥰
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