I am starting this blog to document a journey I want to have with my daughter Allie; an intentional conversation with her about how science touches every part of her life. I will be posting conversations, experiments, and videos to share how we experience science everyday. This is to to encourage her to keep asking questions about what makes the world tick. I hope she will fall in love with science like I did as a girl.
This blog will also be about telling her stories of women in science, from the ones who chose to retire and raise kids to those who have made amazing discoveries in their professional careers. She needs role models – we all do – our big sisters who encourage us and inspire us to be bigger than what we believe we can be. I have asked several friends of mine who are women scientists and engineers, to share their stories with us. These women did not have it easy and more than likely faced a lot of push back from people in their lives. This blog will be about showing her to follow her dreams, even if it is a road less traveled by women.
This journey is to keep her believing that as long as she works hard over time, she will have unlimited opportunities. This is also about inspiring and encouraging her. I never want someone else’s words to limit the potential of my daughter. Most importantly I don’t want her own words to limit her potential.
If you can imagine it – you can achieve it.
If you can dream it – you can become it.
This blog is for my mom because she showed me how to love science in her nurturing way.
This blog is for my daughter who has only just begun to understand what her full potential could be…
So… here we go!
What a great start to a blog that is going to be amazingly interesting, informative, and fun.
Thanks Mom! This blog’s for you!
I love it so far Tracy! Way to go. Kate also loves science and I am not a scientist so I cannot answer her questions. This will be a HUGE help to me. She asked me about being an engineer just the other day. I might send her to you.
Thank you Kim! Your opinion means a lot to me! I hope that this blog will be a help to you and inspire you to do science with Kate! We all were little scientist at one point in our life… it is all about discovery and figuring out how this wonderful world works that God gave us! I’m ready for questions from beautiful Kate! Send her to me… she’ll be an engineer or geologist in no time! I recommend starting at Wiess Energy Hall at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Dave would love to take her there too!