As some of you may remember, I have been salivating over tickets to Maria Shriver’s Women’s Conference since it went on sale and then subsequently sold out in less than three hours earlier this summer. I even wrote a post about it hoping Maria Shriver herself might read the post and provide a few lucky Six Figure Moms Club members with tickets. Nothing happened.

Last week, my head hung low as I was conceding to the fact that I just wasn’t going to this fabulous event when one of my co-sponsors at the flexible work event offered up an option. I could volunteer on Monday and work the conference as a way to attend. Had I known about this earlier, I would have jumped on the opportunity, but I had commitments Monday that I couldn’t move. Regretfully, I couldn’t make this work.

On Monday morning, my phone started ringing and texts started pouring into my cell phone. By the end of the day, I had access to seven tickets to the conference. Crazy huh? Thank you Universe.

I’m writing this post in haste as I pack my things to run out the door to the conference. I likely won’t have a chance to write any other blog posts until the weekend but I wanted to let you all know how powerful we are. It’s always worth pursuing every little thing you want because the world really is here to help you! If this isn’t proof enough for you, I’m not sure what is!

If everything works out, I’ll be attending the Women’s Conference as a member of the media today. I hope to be standing next to Bono of U2 sometime in the next 24 hours. Universe, did you hear that one?

Of course, my love affair with Twitter continues and if I have a chance, I’ll be tweeting under hash code #miverva as will the other tweeps that attend. If you’re interested, go to www.search.twitter.com and search for “minerva”. There is also a live webcast of this event at the Women’s Conference webcast and I believe at Oprah.com. Sorry, you’ll have to search for the link…because I’ve gotta drive to Long Beach

It’s easy to find news about Fortune 500 and other corporate women CEO’s.  They seem to be featured everywhere.  I guess featuring them comes with the ever popular gender pay difference topic that promotes big readership.  I applaud these women but I’m always wondering about everyone else.  The Average Joyce, if you will, of highly educated and capable women who are happily succeeding in the $75,000-$250,000 income arena.  That’s still something to celebrate I’d say.  I want to hear about the others who might not be in the mainstream public eye but are making it work in forward thinking, sociologically changing jobs using remote work options and telecommuting.  I want to lavish in the stories of  women who are thinking outside of the box and creating a best life option for themselves and their families.  Those stories are everywhere but not so often covered by the media.  However, I think Pink magazine just might get it.  Seems they’ll be focusing on at least a part of this demographic starting in the September issue with “My Beautiful Business, a section devoted to women who own or dream of owning their own firm”.  I’m looking forward to seeing the contents.   I’ll also be adding a Feature section to this site highlighting an accomplished business woman doing her own thing.  Want to be featured?  Add a comment to this post and I’ll get back to you.

Speaking of Pink, they are sponsoring a Women’s Conference in various cities on various dates.  Until Maria Shriver helps with some tickets to her Women’s Conference , you can still buy tickets to these Pink events. 

Anyone ever experienced one of these conferences?  If so, click on the title to this post and leave a comment with your feedback.