Both of the event planners greeted me warmly, smile and hug. They were so engaging it was as if we’d known each other for a while. We spoke in the greenroom and prepared for the event, unsure who would come or how many friends would bring friends. So we gathered together and prayed simple prayers.
We continued to talk and laugh about life, boys, failed jobs, and the birth of new dreams. And then they said it.
Ok, Katie and I kinda have a crush on you. We read your blog, facebook, and twitter! I know, it sounds stalkerish but we feel like we know you.
Then the whole room changed. I knew why I felt innately connected to Katie and Lauren—we knew each other! So it might not be the memories from around the campfire, down the halls of high school, or in cubicles at work, but they knew me. And in this weird, creepy, cyber way, I felt like I knew them too.
This is Lauren. We are Twitterpated.
As the doors opened for the event and the room filled with new faces, I was shocked to see how many blog readers were there. They were only a small percentage of the group, but the ability to meet blog readers who share my ideals, are equally as random, and desire to dream big dreams while working a 9to5 desk job was phenomenal.
Egyptian girls (hi, Giselle!), Orange County girls, Puerto Rican girls, new blog readers, old blog readers, reserved women, and even crazy, loud-mouthed women came by to say hi, hello, how’s married life. I couldn’t have been more blessed to have spent my Saturday night with a group of fun-loving friends!
If you come here on a regular basis, part-time basis, or you happened to stumble on this blog, THANK YOU. It’s very few places where I feel I can speak freely. But it’s also a place where you can be known, loved, and speak freely. We may not have it all figured out, but let’s walk this journey together… yes, as weird Internet friends 🙂
One day I’ll plan a lunch for blog readers. We can come together and talk about life, boys (or girls), jobs failed, and dreams yet to come. Until then, we’ll sit around pretend campfires, walk illusive high school halls, and whisper to the next cubicle over and think it’s someone we know.
In the name of love,
B
I'll fly to California from FL for that lunch date! It sounds like you had an amazing time. Thanks so much for the atmosphere you've set for all of us to just be. It's truly a blessing!
I LOVE it. I'm so flippin' honored to get to meet some of the most amazing women (and men) here.
Ok, I'm almost serious about having that lunch date. If I do, it would be EPIC if you came out. F'real.
You should be serious serious, not almost serious about the luncheon! I'd be there!
I'm so blessed to be your "weird internet friend" 😉 I love your blog, B; knowing that someone else shares my ideas and strives to be an uber-fabulous servant of Christ while maintaining the normalcy of every-day errands (we have this in common-although you pull it off perfectly!) helps me in my daily walk. When I log on and read your blog, it's like having a talk with a good friend and getting some great advice!
I'm thinking of starting my own blog; I'd love to share my everyday adventures with fellow blog readers and get to know you all!
With love, Your creep-tastic friend, Alyssa 🙂
Creep-tastic! I love it. I laughed so hard I snorted. Much love, lyssa!
I'm so glad Lauren urged me to cyberstalk you. She said I would love you and she was right! Thank you for keeping it real. I was so blessed by what you shared. I was exhausted and discouraged when I walked into that room but the truth and love you spoke over me rehydrated my soul. (Like you're love and estrogen in Gatorade form!) If/when you have a lunch for blog readers, I WILL BE THERE!
Hugs and high fives,
Lina
I'm dead serious. Kati said she worked in Orange county, so I was like, "Well, let's all have lunch!"
I'm totally going to plan something.
Hear that blog-readers?! It's in print! Don't worry, B I'll hold you accountable. *wink*
well thank you for giving me prmission to stalk you through fb and your blog… I was starting to feel weird 😉
Weird? No way. We go back. Waaaaay back 😉
Um… some of the best relationships start via internet….
I met you (kind of) via internet.
You met Matt via internet.
Point made 🙂
Exactly 🙂
Oh my heavens – I love that we have all just been freed up to openly and unabashedly stalk each other – thanks Bianca! PHEW! Cant wait to have lunch and bring this love out into the open! Bianca, thank you thank you thank you for sharing who you are with such honesty, kindness and perspective – you really are lovely.
You might have started a great idea!!! I'm planning a bloggers meetup lunch day soon 🙂 Shorty, you da' best.
One of the surprise bonuses of blogging, I've found, is the immediate, deep connection I have with new people, and also with people I've known a long time but not at a deep level. It's like you bypass all the initial getting-to-know-you posturing and pretenses and defenses. You're just out there with your real self, and people respond with their real selves. It begins to permeate your life so that when you are in your physical world (as opposed to your cyber world), you remain in your true self and you begin to connect to people in all aspects of your life in genuine, heartfelt ways. Thank you for putting words to the experience I've been enjoying but couldn't articulate!
But thank YOU for continually adding to the conversation 🙂 It's a blessing to be a blessing.
Soooo honored I got a shout out!!! A lunch would be AWESOME! Love your blog and please continue doing what you do! Thanks so much again for Saturday night!
No worries! I totally had a blast meeting you and your girls 🙂 Luncheon is on!!!
thanks for considering us stalkers a s friends…honestly i feel like i know you and talk about your words to my friends…thanks for making me feel like it's ok to speak my mind and share my struggles without judgement. I can't wait for that lunch with you and the rest of the stalkers:)
I would LOVE to meet you. You've been on the blog for some time now and I appreciate your valuable insights 🙂 Luncheon for sure!
My mind is racing at the idea of what you'd have on the menu for that lunch.
so is london included in this luncheon?? Im just saying!! Your weird stalker friend from london via kenya…Thanx for saying yes to the Lord!
Gaaaaaaah!!!!! I LOVED London! If I ever speak in London, I'll host a blog-friends meetup. Promise!
Bianca – like my fellow cyberstalkers, I feel like I know you:) more importantly I want to thank you!! Sat night was great – I want to thank you for taking the time after you spoke to call people out about how God is leading them… no matter how hesitant people can be in those times, know that God is definitely working through you!!! You prayed for me and called the room to do the same and I felt God speaking through your message just like I do when I read your blog… Thanks for your obedience to His calling on your life, it's an encouragement and a blessing!!! 🙂
Thank you, Jessica! It was such a blessing to meet such amazing girls. Hopefully you can come to a luncheon if we have one soon 🙂
This is interesting. But somehow I feel that this might be something that happens between women for the simple fact that women are more open to… Feelings and stuff. Perhaps I’m wrong. But interesting nonetheless.
THEN DON'T HOLD BACK. T-dawg, represent the men on here and tell us how you feel. Girls love that stuff!! 🙂
Bianca,
Thanks for creating this wonderful e-community. Sometimes it feels like my (nonbeliever) friends have the sweetest of intentions but they just don't give that godly counsel that I need. Your blog has a melting pot of readers who, in spite of so many differences; culturally, ethnically, even religiously; have come together as friends. Reading comments and hearing people relate to you as they tell their own personal stories is such a bonding experience for me, even if I've never heard the sounds of their voices or felt the warmth of their embraces.
I just read what I wrote. What a sap!
Love ya,
C
But I LOVE sappy women?! Hello, I am one!
YOU add so much to the conversation. Adding to what I've posted, responding to other comments, or praying for people here. It's nothing short of a blessing 🙂
I'm definitely guilty of being a weirdinternetstalkerblog-reader. Glad to "know" you, too haha.
There's no stalking here! It's just a place to get to know other internet weirdos 🙂
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Hello Bianca ~ I appreciate you and your ministry. I love to read your blog, twitter, facebook. I sure would love a lunch meetup. Or perhaps visit your church when I’m in the area.
When something's confirmed, I'll post it here 🙂
Jimmeny Crickets! I was so bummed to have missed you on Saturday! And you were only 5 minutes away from my house. *sigh!* I was sick in bed and got up at 8 p.m. Even the hubs was sad for me. Noel knows how much I would have enjoyed it.
I'm down for a love feast!
LOVE FEAST! I love that title. If it happens, you're SO coming!!!
After reading your blog for LONG TIME it was FABULOUS to finally see you and hear you in person on Saturday night. What a blessing to leave feeling ordinary in an extraordinary way! Never has my mere humanity felt like such an opportunity. (ps i am totally that girl that felt LEGIT on Saturday night because I knew who you were…yeah…there it is…creepy strange status again…feeling like you KNOW someone because you read her blog but still FULLY aware she wouldn't know you from ADAM!! ha!!!)
Oh no you didn't! Were you there and didn't come say hi?!?!?! Shame on you, Shelley!!! Blog readers are like family… you're in if you like it or not. xoxo
I love internet friends. I had internet friends when it was EXTREMELY creepy to have internet friends. I've met lots of them in person and we're so close. I think it's so fun to be able to tell someone that you LOVE them even though you only talk to them online – and you can totally, absolutely and completely mean it.
I think it's also comforting that in heaven, we will actually have that lunch…every single day, if we want it 🙂
Right?! Ugh. I completely agree.
Without Twitter I wouldn't know you watch everything on USA network and are in law school 🙂 Heehee!
Annnnnnd, I feel like I'm in law school with you because I prayed for you to get in somewhere awesome. And you did. And you're super smart. And you'll be my lawyer. And I like and. The end.
Although I didn’t hear you on Saturday I’ve heard you before and I can tell thou that God really used you to speak to me on those occasions. I also follow you around but I don’t feel guilty… Lol weird probably but I’m ok with my weird self. 😀 about that lunch I would love to help you with it. I love planning events and it would be an honor to help. i sound like a stalker now!! All joking aside count me in to help. 🙂
Woohoo! I love it 🙂 Thanks for the love and (crazy) support.
I love your blog, it's such welcoming place to visit.
Yay! That's what I'm going for 🙂
A luncheon? Sounds great B. As I love to help Jasmine and her events, I'm there for you too! Count me in to help. I have a place in mind already! Love, Mom
YESSSSSSS! You know I'm calling on you first, Murmy. I love you. Dinner was awesome. Thanks for loving all your crazy children 🙂
Come to California. I'm seriously going to plan a lunchy-thing. Yes, you can wear your tiara but you'll be the only one 🙂
Janine?!?! In South Africa?!?!?! You've inspired me to speak with an accent for the rest of the day 🙂 Much love, friend. Thanks for the support 🙂
let's do lunch in Miami!!!!
B- thank you a thousand times! U r amazing!!! Please come out to Australia and the BBQ will be on me 🙂
Kyrene
I am totally a self proclaimed "stalker"… and proud of it 😉 You rock, I love you, keep doin what you do. I love seeing what God is doing in your life and look forward for what is yet to come!
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