{"id":214,"date":"2010-02-08T22:16:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T03:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/?p=214"},"modified":"2011-02-09T21:40:01","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T02:40:01","slug":"find-out-what-i-learned-when-i-met-melissa-gilbert-aka-laura-ingles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/214\/find-out-what-i-learned-when-i-met-melissa-gilbert-aka-laura-ingles\/","title":{"rendered":"Find out what I learned when I met Melissa Gilbert, aka ‘Laura Ingles’…"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Melissa<\/a>

Melissa Gilbert meets Amanda van der Gulik<\/p><\/div>\n

Last week I had the unique opportunity to meet Melissa
\nGilbert in person. You may know her as the little girl
\nwho played Laura Ingles in the famous TV show, “Little
\nHouse on The Prairie” based on the “Little House” books
\nwritten by Laura Ingles Wilder.<\/p>\n

WOW, what a wonderful experience.<\/p>\n

First of all I have to tell you a little bit of background
\nhere. I have been absolutely in love with the whole “Little
\nHouse” books and the TV series since I was a little girl.<\/p>\n

There is just such a sense of complete happiness and
\ncomfort to them that give you a true feeling of peace.
\nI just love that.<\/p>\n

Last Christmas my sweet husband, gave me the complete
\nTV series as my Christmas present. What joy. ;o)
\nI was over the moon.<\/p>\n

Since then we’ve been watching one episode each night
\nat dinner time with our kids as well as reading a chapter
\nor two of the “Little House” books for our homeschooling
\nenglish classes.<\/p>\n

So we were thrilled to find out that there was a musical
\nas well and that Melissa Gilbert was playing ‘Ma’ in the
\nmusical.<\/p>\n

We went to the show and it was incredible, I highly
\nrecommend it. It’s in Toronto playing at the Cannon
\nTheatre right now, and it’s moving to other cities
\nas well, if it get to a city near you, go and see it.
\nYou’ll be so delighted by it. The girl who now plays
\nLaura is incredible.<\/p>\n

Anyway after that show I asked if we could meet Melissa.
\nShe wasn’t doing any signing but the lady at the door said
\nshe’d let us out the back entrance where the stage crew
\nleave after work and then it was just let up to chance
\nwhether or not we would see her.<\/p>\n

It was absolutely freezing out and we had little children
\nwith us, so we wouldn’t be able to wait out long, and we
\nwouldn’t be allowed back inside once we were let out.<\/p>\n

So I got the kids all bundled up after a quick trip to the
\nbathroom with them all and out we went.<\/p>\n

Well, it was exactly one minute after we were let outside
\nthat the stage door opened and out came the full cast.<\/p>\n

It was thrilling to see Melissa in person. And there were
\nonly 4 other fans waiting outside to see her, so our timing
\ncouldn’t have been better.<\/p>\n

It was cold and I knew she was tired after just doing
\ntwo shows back to back in one day, so I didn’t want
\nto take up too much of her time. The other fans all wanted
\nautographs, but I wanted something more personal to
\nremember her by. So I asked for a photo.<\/p>\n

She was so sweet to our kids, you can tell that she is a
\nnatural with kids. We told her that we had come from
\nNew Zealand and that caught her interest. Then my
\nlittle girl told her that we had seen all of her ‘Little
\nHouse’ shows and movies and she was so sweet, bending
\ndown and speaking directly to my daughter.<\/p>\n

Anyway, just wanted to share with you how you can have
\nyour dreams come true if you believe.<\/p>\n

I didn’t tell you this yet, but I had hoped to meet Melissa
\nin person but didn’t really expect it to happen until I took
\nmy kids to the bathroom before heading outside.<\/p>\n

I found myself saying, “oh I hope we’ll get to meet her” and
\nthen I noticed what I was saying and quickly corrected myself.
\nI told myself, “I’m so happy and grateful now that Melissa
\nand I have met, she was so sweet with my kids and we have the
\nmost amazing photo of her with us. What a treat that was.”<\/p>\n

(I am learning the principles that make the Law of Attraction
\nwork, so as a LOA student I am always ready to adjust my
\nthoughts into present, positive tense, and it’s amazing how
\nthat has positively affected my life so far.)<\/p>\n

So I didn’t even feel surprised when it came true just as I
\nhad imagined it. I felt incredible gratitude but not surprise.<\/p>\n

I wish for all of your dreams to come true also.<\/p>\n

Here’s to your and your child’s MASSIVE SUCCESS!<\/p>\n

Cheers…Amanda van der Gulik…Excited Life Enthusiast!
\nwww.AllowanceSecrets.com<\/a>
\nwww.GetUnstuckForKids.com<\/a><\/p>\n

P.S. If you’d like to go to Melissa Gilbert’s show, here’s
\nthe website: www.littlehousethemusical.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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