Dawn Barton is the wife of sixteen years to her handsome pilot husband, Craig, and mother of three daughters, and grandmother of four. Plus, she is a wrangler of two horses, four dogs, and three cats.
Dawn enjoyed thirty years in sales and marketing, spending her last ten of those years in direct sales.
She was the #7 Sales Director in Mary Kay when she took a leap of faith and left it all to write her first book, Laughing Through the Ugly Cry.
Dawn lights up the stage as a speaker and joyologist encouraging women to find joy and humor in even the most difficult of circumstances.
"I say I broke up with God, but He definitely didn't break up with me!” ~ Dawn Barton
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Enjoy the multitude of topics discussed including happiness, surrender, the loss of a child, and #KimsMillion plus so much more.
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"Just because one prayer is answered and one is not doesn't mean His love for you is less." ~ Dawn Barton
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Quotes and statements within the interview:
"One of the greatest things that it did is gave me this ability, which I think paid off in the world of sales and marketing, this ability to meet people easily, make friends easily, adapt easily."
"I'm a very naturally happy person, but I'm also very on purpose about working towards that."
"I had a very happy childhood and definitely a belief in God, but as far as a deep dive into understanding a beautiful relationship, I didn't have that.""You don't!"
"I don't think we're supposed to feel joy in that moment of devastating heartache. But as you look back, you will see it all around that He had you all the time."
"It is an on-purpose morning activity say -- I surrender this to You!"
"I think you can have happiness without faith, but I don't think you can have joy without God.""My faith is in a constant conversation of -- seriously why did you make me have arms that flap this much! So I'm in a constant conversation with Him."
"I hope that in this season people will take one step back and go, 'I get to do this right now! It may be hard, but I get to.'"
"We have to have the downs to have the up.""I just needed someone to be real."
"Bring ice cream and be real."
"God did not call me to lay in bed and watch Netflix.""All you had to do was call to Me!" (Jesus whispers)
"Because it's such a common story that I don't think a lot of us are talking about until it's maybe to an extreme level."
"I never believed."
What has your story gifted you?
"It's a story of continual faith and joy!"
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"One step at a time leads to miles of greatness!"
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