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An Evening with Glennon Doyle Melton

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Today is one of the biggest. Days. Ever.

I so badly want a new outfit so my outer appearance matches what’s happening on the inside: unbridled excitement for the evening’s festivities. Like a 1950’s blue vintage swing dress and flashy pumps. Or perhaps some flared jeans and a Spiritual Gangster tee. But I don’t have time nor do I own either ensemble so I throw something on that I hope doesn’t scream, “yes, I’m a mom!”

I was so giddy I felt like a preteen about to experience a One Direction concert and would have easily participated in celebratory screaming if it didn’t draw too many concerned looks. Glasses of wine in hand, my friends and I find ourselves seated in the fourth row of a small, intimate theater in anticipation of an evening with author, activist and philanthropist Glennon Doyle Melton. We are all moms so a night out is always a big deal but this particular one was especially holy. We even skipped dinner to increase our chances of scoring good seats.

What a huge sacrifice for this ban of foodies.

An evening with glennon doyle melton
Glennon shows up on stage much like she shows up in her writing and on podcasts: raw and full of beauty. There is so much beauty, in fact, it spills out into the audience and touches us all. I feel like we are here in celebration of our most authentic selves as we witness truth telling, service and love at its finest.
“We can choose to be perfect and admired or to be real and loved.”
Glennon’s performance is nothing short of exceptional. At points, I feel like I’m at a comedy show. She is so funny, real and relatable on parenting, marriage and on life.
“We are all afraid of the wrong things. We are afraid of pain but we were made for pain. But what we should be afraid of is our easy buttons (booze, eating, shopping, etc). The easy buttons keep us from being who we are meant to be.”
After curtain call, my friends and I stand in line for the meet and greet with Glennon. She hugs us all – every single one of us. Some even melt into her long embrace, their expressions revealing their joy and their pain.
“People who are hurting don’t need avoiders, protectors or fixers. What we need are patient, loving witnesses. People to sit quietly and hold space for us. People to stand in helpless vigil to our pain.”
An evening with glennon doyle melton | a long embrace
An evening with glennon doyle melton
As we process our evening together, my friend, Liz talks about how she wakes up before the Rooster sings so she can participate in something creative, be it transforming a piece of furniture into a work of art, chalk painting her kitchen cabinets or something else entirely. And I LOVE this! I love her commitment to making space to follow her curiosity. So here I am, two mornings in and I’m rising before the rooster crows to follow mine: writing. That’s what whispers to me now.
If you’d like to listen to a similar performance of Glennon, check out this recording on NPR.

Peace out, fellow Love Warriors.

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