Oct
14
>Hi Everyone!
As some of you who read my blog know, I am in the running to be one of Mutual of Omaha’s ‘aha moment’ ads in 2011. I was interviewed this summer during their 25 city tour and have become a semi-finalist. I am one of 75 in the running. The top 25 will go on to the next round and the top 10 in that round will be the 2011 ads broadcast on national TV. I would love your vote if you are so inclined! I would also love it if you would forward this email, post the link on Facebook, Twitter, or any other cyber place you can think of.
http://www.ahamoment.com/vote/marty
The deadline for this round is tomorrow (Oct. 15th) You are able to vote once per computer so if you have access to more than one, feel free to vote again and again!
Thanks so much,
Marty Coleman, The Napkin Dad
MAKE Studio | Marty Coleman
918.291.2404 – home | studio
918.760.0581 – cell
http://www.napkindad.com
napkindad@martycoleman.com
Sep
24
>Big News!
Yesterday I found out that your favorite Napkin Dad is one of 75 semi-finalists for the aha moment campaign, 2011!
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| Screenshot of my video interview. I am too shiny. |
If you remember back in May I was interviewed by the fantastic and fun crew of the ‘aha moment summer tour, 2010′. They just finished up their tour at the end of August having interviewed 1,000s of people. I have been honored to find out the Napkin Dad story is among the top 75.
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| Me outside the ‘aha moment’ airstream studio. |
Voting starts one week from today, on October 1st. I will post more specific information about the voting next week but in the meanwhile put it on your calendar!
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May
18
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Yesterday the ‘Aha Moment Tour 2010′ came to Tulsa and I was invited to tell the Napkin Dad story. They are sponsored by Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company. You may have seen the ‘Aha Moments’ commercials on TV. They are going around the country in a very cool Airstream RV videotaping people talking about their ‘Aha moment’ in life. They will post them on their website throughout the summer. When they are done people can vote on the ones they would like to see put on TV. I will let you know when the video is up.
When I arrived at the RV there was a young woman, Kait, charged with checking me in. We had to wait while the person in front of me was interviewed so she asked me to tell a little bit about my aha moment. She had a wonderful look in her eyes as I told the story. When I was done she sheepishly told me it reminded her of something her father had done.
She said “of course, it is nothing like what you did”, and then she told the story. ”He would leave for work very early in the morning, before I was awake. But he would always leave a little folded note for me outside my bedroom door. It wasn’t fancy, just a note saying he loved me, or maybe to remember to do something, like homework or be good. I remember that it was always the first thing I would do every morning, get up and go read my note. I was always so excited to get that note.”
The only false note in that story is about it not being like what I did. IT IS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT I DID! It has the same immeasurable amount of love, thought and care from her father as what I gave. He didn’t do it like I did, but that has nothing to do with the worth of his expression. He loved his daughter and expressed it as only he could, with his creativity, mind and heart. And guess what? She kept them too.
The first and best ‘Aha Moment’ for every child is when they realize they are loved. They don’t want to be loved by me, or some TV star or some cartoon character. They want to be loved by their mother and father. If you are a mother or father who finds a way, YOUR way, to express to your children that they are loved, then you are the best agent of love the world has ever known. If you aren’t that mother or father yet, no time like the present to become one.
Drawing, quote and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
