Getting to Know Me: Love Our Lives Girls Empowering Girls into Action…

By Laurece and Leanne Prendergast

Getting to Know Me" is written by two teens
who take a realife look at what it feels like to
be a teen girl today. This book explores the
challenges and choices we have to face daily
and the difficulties we meet in getting to know
who we really are.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 26, 2008
• ISBN: 9781469117072

Laurece

Laurece and Leanne invite you into their lives, which is very much yours and other teens. They try to help you to understand yourself more and help others to understand you too. This is written for teens by teens and for other women and girls to find ways of supporting you during this amazing stage. LOL-Love our Lives empowers girls into Action as we work on "getting to know me" -that's you!"

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Copyright © 2008 by Laurece and Leanne Prendergast.

ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-4363-5451-6

ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-4363-5450-9

ISBN:      Ebook      978-1-4691-1707-2

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Contents

Food for Thought...

What is LOL?

Now, This is Our Story...

Acknowledgements

SERIES 1

Let’s Get Started...

Self-Evaluation

The Facts

So What Can I Do?

Activity

POEM

Estrogen Junky

Self-Evaluation

The Facts

Activity

P-O-P-U-L-A-R

Self-Evaluation

The Facts

Activity

Broken Telephone

Self-Evaluation

The facts

Activity

Loving the Unwanted

Self-Evaluation

APPENDIX

The Last Word....

Recommended Books & Songs

Bibliography

Food for Thought...

It was once said that a novice built the ark and professionals built the Titanic... Guess which one sunk?

LOL is written by two young girls, Laurece and Leanne who are novices. But they have a dream that they can build an ark to help young girls like themselves.

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What is LOL?

Mission statement

LOL is a practical tool created by the now generation of young girls. It empowers young girls to LOVE THEIR LIVES and in so doing, then they can LAUGH OUT LOUD and share LOTS OF LOVE to a world filled with hurting and lonely young girls. Laurece and Leanne’s aim is to help at least one girl... and in so doing, help our world!

Aims

Our aim is to share our stories, and the experiences of ourselves and other young girls. We want to send across the message that we can make it through our struggles with the help of those who love and support us.

Objectives

1. Sharing true-life stories.

2. Fact sheets of current issues affecting young girls.

3. Workshops and training in churches, schools and other community projects to help and support girls.

4. To support and help girls express themselves.

5. To evaluate ourselves and one another to be stronger and confident young girls of today’s society.

6. To encourage talking to counselors, helpers, family and teachers.

7. LOL Day—the international celebration of young girls day.

Now, This is Our Story...

In January 2007, both Laurece and Leanne were experiencing common events faced by young preteens and teenage girls. Laurece had become friends with an unsavory character, but in her eyes this was her friend. One she trusted. Against the inclinations of her sister, cousin and mother, Laurece trusted this friend totally, only to experience the most devastating series of events of jealousy, betrayal, lies and deceit hurled at her. The extent of the devastation is beyond anyone’s comprehension, unless one has been through this themself. For Leanne, a bright, beautiful preteen, battled with the teasing and criticism of her features by some children which resulted in her doubting her own outer and inner beauty. She became frustrated and the struggle to prevent self-hate became unbearable.

Realizing the issues that many teenage girls face today, the sad reality is reflected in statistics that show many girls become victims of drug abuse,