She Recaps

Most people rank their fear of Public Speaking higher than they rank their fear of death. As you probably already know, I'm not like most people... in many regards {insert your own joke here}... but specifically in this one. I ♥ to speak in front of people.

Go ahead. Call me crazy. I'll wait...

I love the prep, the practice and the rush of adrenaline that come with the whole event. With that in mind, I heard about a Christian women's conference called She Speaks put on by Proverbs 31 Ministries and knew I had to be there. It is specifically geared towards writers, speakers and bloggers- my own kind of peeps.

When I got there last Friday, I quickly realized that at least in one regard, all these amazing, talented women were so much like me: there was not a time or space when any of us could get a word in edgewise. But I was so happy to be among my own.

Here's the cool thing about God- He put some lessons in the weekend just for me. I was (in)couraged, inspired, uplifted and renewed. God is calling me to speak, to write, to blog, so I'm going along for the ride. I can't tell you how much it blesses my life that you would consider coming along with me.

There were pages and pages of notes full of insight from all the sessions and I'm sure I'll continue learning and sharing for months to come. It was like drinking water from a hydrant- holy water, of course. Oh, and there were also fun sessions like "Taking the Blah out of your Blog" by BooMama and Lysa TerKeurst that were a must. Hopefully this blog will be completely de-blah-ed soon. We {the blog and I} are a work in progress.

You wanna know another fun part? I got to meet SO MANY bloggy friends IRL! {That's In Real Life and I'm embarrassed that I know that. Please resume as if I'm not a goober or tween.} Here's where the name dropping begins.
Here we have a quick dinner with (L-R, top to bottom) Jo-Lynne from Musings of a Housewife, me, Mary from Giving up on Perfect, Amy from A Woman Inspired, Lisa from Simply His (bottom) Laura Lee from Selah {it's a super long title; just click here}, Dawn from My Home Sweet Home, Nester from the Nesting Place and Heather from Especially Heather.

And here I am with my new new BBF {that's Bloggy Best Friend}, Mary . She is smart, witty, wonderful and just precious. Please pop on over to her blog and tell her I said so. One of my most favoritest of her qualities is that we have children who were born on the EXACT same day. That makes us friends forever since we will always be stressing over birthday parties together.

I had an awesome mountain top experience at She Speaks- one that makes it hard to come back to reality. But somehow the loads of laundry and dishes must get done, so I guess I'll do it with a cheerful heart, danggit. I hope to go back to She Speaks again next year and I'd love for you to come with me! Let me know if you're interested. I'll reserve you a seat at the ulta- de-lux 5 Guys Burgers and Fries. It's where the cool kids eat.

Check my new friend Jen's site- Balancing Beauty and Bedlam- for a linky list of all the She Speaks recaps and enjoy!