gomommyblogger: When You Let Go, Day 58 (Advent day number 20 and Surprise Appearance by Bob Goff)

This is Me

This part always gets me. This portion where I write about myself.

*deep breath* OK, here goes:

Because you are on a Mommy Blog, I will assume that we are similar-wifes and mothers and girls trying to figure it all out.

Let me just get this one thing off my chest so there is no misleading- cooking is not in my skill set and I am a crafty-mommy-wannabe, so you may see some of that on here, but they are mostly pipe dreams of mine and I accept that.

What this site is...well, if you like to read and see cute kids and quirky, oftentimes emotional posts, I got all of that here.

I try to be real. Ugly real, sometimes. -Maybe most of the time.

My inclination is to share the highlights, but I know it is the craziness which makes you feel more comfortable, so I'll go with that.

Marriage is one of the greatest gifts I have been given, but it is also really, really, INCREDIBLY difficult for me, and I write to process it all.

My three sons are great- when they are not annoying one another and -quite honestly- me.

They are my favorite.

I read, write, and go for long walks in order to just deal.

Gomommyblogger was born out of a desire to share the fun parts of mommyhood, but it has evolved to my online space to clear my head, share my truths, and offer you a hand if you find yourself trying to juggle the happiness and the craziness this life throws in spades.

The craziness...oh, it almost sounds dainty.

My simple goal is to be a friend- to you and to myself.

Writing offers the writer perspective and time and reading allows the reader to relate or learn, or relate and learn.

If you're reading this, you're here. If you're here, I am glad to have you. Welcome.

Always, Shannon

Thursday, December 20, 2018

When You Let Go, Day 58 (Advent day number 20 and Surprise Appearance by Bob Goff)

Two things.
In Annie's devotional today she mentions two things which hit me straight on, like a dagger.
The first is a reference to Bob Goff, as in, One. Of. My. Favorite. ~~Authors.~~ People. Ever.
EVER.

So, if you have no clue who Bob is, stop.
Read Love Does. (This made my top 10 list of books I have ever read. Ever.)
Listen to this podcast episode he did with our Annie.
Listen to it again.

Bob is one of the most inspirational people I have ever known- and I feel like I legit know him.
I so appreciate him and the huge way he loves people.

The second thing Annie mentions is this series of lines which I read and re-read and really wanted to share on here.

The deeper call for courage comes when you let go with nothing ahead to grab. Letting go like that is the hardest. It's when courage has to bubble out of you. That's when your insides have to be like steel.

Can you recall a time in your life when you had to rely upon these steel-like insides? When your courage was made to bubble, and you didn't stifle the flow?

That's courage.

Bob has courage.
He speaks with witch doctors.*
He educates them.
He loves on them.
That takes some massive cajones.
Courage of steel.

I have felt courage like this on occasion. The type which scares you breathless, yet you find yourself walking through it and you are somehow able to embrace the moment.

It's like the roller coaster ride you sit down for and instantly regret.
You ride it through, head down, eyes closed, reminding yourself to consciously chose to keep breathing.

It's the bubbles.

Be Brave:

Bob Goff says quit something every Thursday.
What can you quit this week?

*You followed the asterick? Stop. Go back up to the link for Annie's That Sounds Fun podcast and listen!! Check out Bob's book, Everybody Always while you're discovering your appreciation for his heart. No doubt you will have three distinctive feelers:
Gratitude (you're welcome)
Excitability (take what you feel for God and people and do something wild and lovely with that)
and Awe. (You are just. that. great, Bob)