This week my oldest and youngest children are joining me again this time to talk about their careers.  They will look back on what they have achieved in the past year, how things have changed and their focus has shifted but ultimately how they are still pursuing their dreams.  Malia and Ian are both graduates of Wild Flower Academy and Collin College in Plano.  Ian wanted me to do college with him but ended up going to the College of Santa Fe for two years to complete his BA in Film Production.  He has worked as a free-lance assistant editor at Reel FX which is a post production house, he has been an editor at Tocroc and the Dailies Assistant at Dallas that aired on TNT.  He is Executive Producer for his own company, McCookMedia and has made a pilot for a potential TV series which he is shopping in L.A.  Ian specializes in story and narrative film/video editing, Live Event editing and story and narrative screenwriting.  The best place to find him on-line is Linked-In.

Malia spent a year in London at a Performing Arts School then danced on a cruise ship for three months before returning to Dallas last year, homeless because we’d sold the family homestead.  She has been nannying for a few months and has finally decided that she wants to teach dance, specifically ballet. She is still a Star Barista at Starbucks where she drinks coffee and chats with customers while earning money to pay for those little extras in life!  The best place to find her on-line is Facebook.   Bring your tea and tune in on Friday, TBA at 12noon CT to hear how these homeschooled graduates are making it in the world.