Hello out there!  Adora Belle here, fresh from my trip to the IDEX Brunch with lots to tell you!  We all had such a great time as my mommy introduced a brand new theme for 2007 to many of her doll friends.  This year, we are all “Becoming Butterflies”.  (I just want to go on record that I have already been a butterfly . . . and it feels good!)  Through my mommy’s dolls and with the help of all of us doll friends, we can “become” more tranquil; more happy; more peaceful; more playful; more like a little girl again; more joyful . . . even more boopalicious!  Every one of us was destined to fly like a butterfly, not remain sheltered and confined in a “cocoon”.  Mommy believes, and I agree, that we all have beauty and greatness inside of us.  Sometimes, we don’t do all that we can to recognize and nurture our inner selves . . . or that little girl inside each of us, and this year we want to help you do just that. 

Mommy invited a very special friend of hers to be the guest speaker at the brunch.  Her name is Ranelle Wallace and she has an amazing story to tell of how she was in a horrible plane accident, crashing into the side of a mountain in Utah, and living to tell about it.  When the plane wrecked, it started on fire and burned Ranelle over most of her body.  She is really lucky to be alive, and we were all really lucky to hear her speak.  She is definitely someone who knows first-hand what it is to “transform” and find the beauty within.  When I looked out into the audience, I saw many of our friends with tears in their eyes, including my mommy. 

Until my next adventure . . .have an Adora Belle Day!!