2021, August 22: Morocco? Really?

UMF grad, JD, got a new job at BA. I made a comment: So you get to work with PR?! What a killer combination!

JD: Yes, I do! I’m very excited school to start up. And you may get to work with my wife KEB because she will be teaching business at UMF in the Spring! 

 

I get a friend request from KEB. As always, I double check it's the real person by looking at their friends. We have 3 mutual friends. Three? Really?? 

 

I message KEB:  So nice to meet you. I look forward to meeting you in person at UMF. When I looked at your profile to accept your FB friend request it said we had 3 mutual friends. I knew JD would be one. I wasn’t surprised when I saw LB [a professor at UMF]. But I was blown away when I saw EE! How do you know EE? I was one of her 4th grade teachers in Dallas, Texas! What a small world!

 

KEB: Hi Theresa! So nice to meet you too. JD said amazing things about you and I can’t wait to meet you in person. I met EE at a global conference (World Merit) in Morocco. She was one of the speakers/trainers. She was incredibly inspiring. The world is absolutely small!

 

TLO: I love the EE story. She was an amazing and inspiring young woman even in 4th grade. I've loved following her journey since then on FB. It's cracking me up that this particular small world story is so global that you two met on a different continent! What led you to a global conference in Morocco?

 

KEB: That's amazing! I've always volunteered with social action projects in Morocco. I was involved with a few international organizations, and I have organized global events. My interest in SDGs led me to that specific conference where I met EE and so many amazing people from around the world!