if you met me you would probably misunderstand my awkward social skills for snobbery. i'm not snobby, it just takes me a few minutes to feel safe and warm up. you would quickly see that i am a chatty kathy and want nothing more than to learn about your life and what makes you, YOU.
if you met me you would see an undying devotion to jacob and eisley and durgin. if given the chance i turn into a ball of mush sharing stories of the greatness of motherhood and the amazing heart of my husband.
if you met me you would see that i am guarded. i've been wounded. inside i am curious if you have been too. i want to hear your story. i want to glean from your experience. i want to encourage you knowing deep down that i am being encouraged too. that god is using our bodies, our words to speak of his great love to one another.
if you met me you would see a love for all things creative and crafty and artistic.
if you met me....
i'm linking up with one of the sweetest women ever on her blog and in real life
the gypsy mama
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"i'm not snobby, it just takes me a few minutes to feel safe and warm up," oooooh this is me too!
ReplyDeletei feel ya on the snobby thing! sometimes i'm so socially awkward i think people think i'm a snob but i just never know what to say!!! lol
ReplyDeleteah, i'm so glad i'm not the only one who worries about seeming snobby, but really it's just my insecurities shining through. loved this. going to do it too :)
ReplyDeleteThis was a great perspective for me to read. Thanks for being so transparent. I am a bubbly and energetic "friender" and often feel super rebuffed by those who seem snobby. I generally feel hurt and that they want me to go away. Perhaps, I should just be patient and try again gently another day and they'll see that I seriously do care about them and want to be friends.
ReplyDeletemelissa... if we met, i hope that we would see right thru each other's false snobbery and fall into laughter. i wanted to write that kind of thing... but i couldn't find the words... you did. and it is nice to know that someone else's shyness is mistaken for the wrong thing. my very best friend (now) thought exactly that in 7th grade. she & her friend just glanced across the room at me and the three of us didn't become friends until a whole year later (and they were ticked that i was assigned to their home-ec kitchen!!!) but here we are... 20+ years later. two of my very bests...
ReplyDeleteYour blog is perfection!! I want to copy everything about it. Can I do that since we're both Melissas? :) I think you and I need to be friends! :)
ReplyDeleteI kow you, and you're amazing.
ReplyDeleteJacob, I couldn't agree with you more...you ARE amazing. Love you sis.
ReplyDeleteI am thrilled that I am not the only one who takes a while to warm up at first!
ReplyDeleteugh! meee tooo! I'm also lacking in the self esteem area so I constantly feel like I'm not cool enough to be "her" friend. It's funny though, I'm not that way with guys. I've always had way more guy friends than girls. I think it's because they're not as judgy :)Thanks for sharing!
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