EXPLODING... (know that sometimes these post out of order - I'm not bi-polar). I gotta meet a gal after my own heart. Speaks my language. Understands my crazy. DJ and I went up to SunValley to see.... wait for it..... GLENNON DOYLE MELTON! Now I have been following Glennon since she told me to stop the damn Carpe Diem and be real. That was 5 years ago, shortly after having Poppy Mae. To say that she got me is a total understatement. This lady was me - minus the addiction, Lyme, Florida, getting pregnant etc.... take away all that surface/environment stuff she gets me. I feel like I have a conversation with her every time she writes. I wanna do the whole... I KNOW... RIGHT! In my head we laugh and I comment something and we crack up and the deepness is so REAL. I feel like she is speaking right to me.
Anyway... she was speaking in Sun valley at a Wellness Festival and I freaking jumped at this opportunity to meet her. This is the closest she has ever been to me (4 hours away) and I was not going to let this chance go.
Now begins the embarrassing truths. I saw on IG that she was in IDAHO so obviously I ask all my other event friends if they know anyone in Sun valley - Strike One. So next obvious step is to stalk her on all available forms ie.. Instagram Tagging, Email, Facebook posting. I started out slow.... post a pic of us in the car saying where we are headed and who we are going to see. Then one of DJ & me in front of a Sun Valley sign saying we are here- Let's meet! No reply, so day of desperation - Maybe we will "run" into you Glennon, and lastly I'm here with the Dt Dr Pepper and your book - like a real bad version of you Got Mail with the book and the rose. Still no reply so as a last resort I just wait outside her presentation room.
Did I mention DJ and I ran/walked 6 miles that morning after nothing for like EVER!!!! Bad back - too much sun - not enough water and food led to a pretty intense migraine. We head to the front desk to grab some medicine and I heard squeals and I knew.... I knew she was there. I walked over to confirm and scampered back to tell DJ. He shooed me to go back and talk to her. I tried. I really tried, but I couldn't! I wanted perfection. I wanted to be AWESOME. I wanted her to KNOW it was me (promise I'm not a stalker). I took a picture of her though a mirror and then one of her walking away with.... CRAIG! Yes, Husband was there too.
I gabbed DJ explained the headache had vanished and we walked back to the room. She was gone. I didn't chase. I hugged my book (her book) and looked straight ahead whenever I wasn't looking sideways. Then she turned. She was walking back. She was heading my way. I WILL NOT STARE! I looked sideways and she saw me (and her book) and came and said Hi. Ok I have no idea what I said. Lots of I really like you. Thank You. You get me. I have lobsters. I'm a reckless truth teller. I don't carpe anything and other such nonsense PROVING that I am her #1 fan - WHAT THE????? My head was saying Who in the HELL have you just turned into? All I can her is my old mentor Mindy Benson saying - You do not get giddy in front of the talent. You do not say you love them, No AUTOGRAPHS! Keep your crazy to your self. You are there to make them feel safe and normal! TOTAL FAIL. I had a super fan inside that could not be contained. It is so great in my mind it's too hard to put into words, but seems like I had her attention - heck I even got a hug. I even got to talk to Craig and witness a parenting fail which made me realize the reality of the situation.
She was gracious - Lovely and of goo report - I seek after these things ;). I got a seat right in front so I could be right in her line of sight. 6 and left center (thank you theater degree). I laughed, I cried, I thought. I FELT!!! Her offerings were beautiful. Her responses were thoughtful and her presence was truth. I got a signature on my personal book full of little hands and dates. I even had Craig sign it because let's be honest, his story is in there as well, and he showed up.
I'm not sure how people that don't know each other can see and complete each other. I don't really believe in love at first sight but I do believe in Binding the Souls of Sisters and I feel bound to Glennon. She sees me even though she doesn't know/remember me. I see myself in her and perhaps that is enough. All we want it is to be seen and to see.
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