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Why Show Up?

by Darcie Farella on Thursday, Mar 21, 2019

This year marked my third consecutive year going to Washington D.C. for the Congenital Heart Legislative Conference. To be honest, I almost didn't attend. The Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act was just signed into law a few months earlier and I was debating if I really should go advocate.

I recently moved, still had stuff in boxes, and had more than enough going on at work. Frankly, I just wanted to use the couple of days I had scheduled out of the office to sleep in, hangout with my cat and unpack some of my belongings. The one thing that kept me from cancelling was that I had a newly elected Representative for my district and I knew it was important to start early with making a connection, so I showed up!

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