It sounds like our basket was a success at the Gala and that many people liked our idea.  We enjoyed putting it together.

As many of you know I wasn't able to attend the Gala because I was in Minnesota at the National Association for Gifted Children conference.  It was a truly great experience getting to hear from the experts in the field and getting to actually talk to them about issues in gifted.  There were over 4000 participants from 50 states and 15 countries.  There were also over 350 different sessions one could attend on many different topics in the field of gifted.  I had several interesting conversations and attended many of the great sessions.  I look forward to reading the books I purchased and putting into practice many of the strategies I learned.  It is hard to be away for 5 days, but it was definately a well worth it experience.