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LeAnn’s powerful keynote sharing life-changing lessons from her Vietnam Orphan Airlift adventure. Imagine bombs falling and 100 little babies laying three and four to a cardboard box, strapped in the belly of a gutted cargo jet! Believing we all have individual “war zones,” LeAnn inspires people to balance their lives, truly live their priorities and make a difference in the world.
LeAnn’s “Operation Babylift” adventure came full circle when, on the 25th anniversary of the airlift, President Gerald Ford asked to meet her.
Newsweek Magazine featured LeAnn’s story and amazing Operation Babylift photo in its special Voices of the Century issue. Click the Newsweek cover at left to read the article.
LeAnn met former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, who wrote a personal and touching forward to Chicken Soup for the Caregiver’s Soul. A portion of this book’s proceeds was donated to the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving. At the invitation of Mrs. Carter, LeAnn presented her ‘Caregiver’s Soul’ keynote at the Institute’s annual conference in Atlanta.
LeAnn is a professional speaker, author and nurse, but her favorite role is still wife and mother.
While the “Operation Babylift” experience dramatically changed her life, LeAnn credits her rural roots for having shaped it. One of eight children, she was raised on an Iowa farm. This simple and honorable lifestyle established the principles and priorities that guide her life today.
LeAnn and Mark, her husband of forty-one years, reside in Colorado where they enjoy their “empty nest.”
When she’s not writing stories beside a peaceful mountain stream, LeAnn enjoys hiking, gardening, playing with her grandkids, horseback riding and dancing to that old-time rock n’ roll!
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LeAnn and her horse, Liberty. |
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LeAnn and her family. |
LeAnn is author of 12 Chicken Soup for the Soul books!