http://www.kevinbrooks.ca Kevin Brooks' Website Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:23:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been responding to emails for hours.  It's tiring.  I'll admit it.  But I have to keep up, lest I fall behind and miss writing someone back.  I have gotten a lot of really deep emails in the last month...  Well I get them all the time, but this ... http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/index.php/2011/12/two-amazing-stories-from-young-people/ Well my trip to Vermont was SO worth while...  The students seemed to really be moved by my presentations and many expressed this in person and by email.  I responded to emails for hours on end last night until my eyes were dried up and my brain was depleted.  In ... http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/index.php/2011/12/home-for-the-holidays/ ... So I am writing this blog thousands of feet in the air on a tiny little plane somewhere between Chicago, Illinois and Burlington, Vermont.  How's that for dedication!!?? Today has been a long one.  I woke up at 4:45am and was out the door by 5:30am headed south for Seattle.  ... http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/index.php/2011/11/1027/ Well I am now officially home!  It felt great to sleep in my own bed last night and have a proper shower!! It was nice to drive my own vehicle and blast some METAL the way it should sound on my system...  Thunderous and LOUD!  I’m really into the In ... http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/index.php/2011/11/through-the-prairies-to-the-west-coast-and-home/ Sunday, November 27...  Man time flies by! I will be leaving Winnipeg in a few short hours, but not quite home yet.  I’ll actually be in all three Prairie Provinces at one point today, before ending my travels in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.  I really hope I can watch the Grey Cup ... http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/index.php/2011/11/bye-for-now/ So today was the friggin’ BEST!  Can I keep saying that and it still have an impact??  Well, in my opinion I can, and I will say it again...  Today was the BEST! I ended my first presentation this morning at Fort Richmond School in Winnipeg and watched my video and ... http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/index.php/2011/11/give-it-all-and-get-more-back-than-i-could-have-ever-expected/ Day 8 of the tour today...  Today was a short one as I only had one presentation.  I spoke this morning at Kildonan East Collegiate in Winnipeg.  I learned before my presentation started that I had a little less than an hour to complete my presentation.  Ummm...  Kind of freaked ... http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/index.php/2011/11/out-of-gas-and-parked-for-the-night/ Pretty sick day today.  I was feeling a lot less haggard than I was yesterday.  Not sure why, but I felt like a zombie yesterday, and if you read my last blog you may have noticed me not write like me normally would. I had  a pretty decent sleep last night ... http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/index.php/2011/11/tour-keeps-rollin-and-so-do-i-hyperlink-happy-blog/ Last week ended on a high note...  A super high note!  I spoke in Wawanesa as my final presentation of the week.  On a sad note, my Friday afternoon presentation had been cancelled.  It was decided to be too fresh after a after a boy was killed in a car ... http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/index.php/2011/11/mpi-friends-for-life-tour-day-6/ There isn't a feeling I know better than to know I have helped someone out in some positive way or changed or saved a person's life.  It's why I will likely never be able to stop sharing my story with young people.  Here is just one example of the emails ... http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/index.php/2011/11/inspiring-story/