the show.

so, the big show was saturday.  

oh, how i wish you all could've been there live!

seriously...i'm so glad it will be available online & i truly 

hope that it captures the energy in that space on video.  because this night?

seriously so fun, so inspiring, so validating, so precious.

i hope that Listen to Your Mother continues to grow & grow--

sweeping across the nation & even internationally. 

what an awesome dream Ann had when she thought this up

and i'm so proud of each person that made it happen.

i'm so honored to have been a part of it.

i tried really, really hard not to be dramatic in the weeks & moments leading up to

that moment on stage, but can i just tell you that i was dying?

like--literally i want to puke and whatonearthhaveigottenmyselfinto dying.

even as auditions were held, i tried to talk myself into anything else,

but auditioning.  surely my precious friend, stephanie [the producer & director]

would appreciate my help with many other things.

i tried to quiet my story.  so silly!

especially realizing how each & every other story impacted me so greatly.

cast photo by Beth Fletcher Photography

in the end, my story was told & i'm grateful.

i have felt very vulnerable the last couple days, but

i'm trying to be okay with that.

i hope that letting so many people into the very core of my heart

impacted them the way that so many other people's stories in my life

have impacted me.  

God has used so many people to make me exactly who i am.

i love that. 

i'm thankful for their journeys & testimonies.

i pray that mine will do the same for someone.

it was ridiculous fun to do this with stephanie.

thanks for believing in me & my story, friend.

i am so grateful to have you as one of my biggest 

confidants, greatest cheerleaders & closest friends.

so proud of you for dreaming & then acting on it!

what a night to remember.