The Birth of The Smile Revolution
In January 2005, my beloved Dad was critically ill in the hospital in Florida. I was by his side for weeks. My Dad didn't smile very often as he had a terrible tragedy as a child and never got over it his whole life. Our relationship was not an easy one. He was a very accomplished business man and gave a lot to the community,yet he didn't express a lot of joy in his life. The last time I saw him conscious he gave me the biggest grin I had ever seen.
That smile was very healing for me. The next time I saw him, he had a heart attack and was in a coma. He passed about a couple of weeks after that smile.
When I left him to go back to New York to do my one woman show for a documentary film, I was interviewed before the show. Out of my mouth came,"We need a Smile Revolution on the planet."
About 10 months later, out of the blue, a thought came to me, " It's time to start The Smile Revolution." I said, "OK". It was Christmas week and on Christmas Day I was co-hosting The Woodstock Roundtable on WDST 100.1 FM with Doug Grunther, and my whole life changed and the world was about to as well.
In January 2006, I started The Smile Revolution blog which has had about 173,000 hits as of December 2006. The Smile Revolution Radio Show started as a half hour show onJuly 16,2006 on WKNY 1490 am in Kingston, New York and as of January 2007 will be an hour show. I have celebrity guests now, celebrated authors, inspired musicians, organizations and people who are doing wonder-ful things to uplift the world.
The First Smile March in the world happened in conjunction with The Halloween Parade in Woodstock, New York 2006.
That smile was very healing for me. The next time I saw him, he had a heart attack and was in a coma. He passed about a couple of weeks after that smile.
When I left him to go back to New York to do my one woman show for a documentary film, I was interviewed before the show. Out of my mouth came,"We need a Smile Revolution on the planet."
About 10 months later, out of the blue, a thought came to me, " It's time to start The Smile Revolution." I said, "OK". It was Christmas week and on Christmas Day I was co-hosting The Woodstock Roundtable on WDST 100.1 FM with Doug Grunther, and my whole life changed and the world was about to as well.
In January 2006, I started The Smile Revolution blog which has had about 173,000 hits as of December 2006. The Smile Revolution Radio Show started as a half hour show onJuly 16,2006 on WKNY 1490 am in Kingston, New York and as of January 2007 will be an hour show. I have celebrity guests now, celebrated authors, inspired musicians, organizations and people who are doing wonder-ful things to uplift the world.
The First Smile March in the world happened in conjunction with The Halloween Parade in Woodstock, New York 2006.
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