Comments on: It’s Time to Show Up

By: caroline m.

caroline m. — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 03:48:32 +0000

that was very touching, thanks for sharing 🙂

By: Joanne @ Fifteen Spatulas

Joanne @ Fifteen Spatulas — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:07:30 +0000

I read this long ago when you posted it but tonight I had to dig it up in the archives and re-read it. I remembered how much it struck me and I really wanted this reminder. Thank you Kristen <3

By: Kristine

Kristine — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 20:46:19 +0000

I feel the same way as you a lot of the time but for the past few years I have been putting myself out there and it has changed my life for the better. Keep it up and follow through. Your comment about not knowing if you’ll get to hug a friend or family member in person hit home for me over the course of last year. My husband and I showed up for the last 30 years to an annual cookout and as my relatives got older we didn’t know who would be there each year. We are both so thankful that we’ve taken the time to go and visit as we lost an aunt an uncle within six months of each other. Because we were all at the cookout we were able to hug each of them one last time.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 20:56:09 +0000

So much of this describes me. Yay for showing up! Thank you for putting yourself out there so openly here, too. It is so encouraging.

By: Kasey Cashio Pierce

Kasey Cashio Pierce — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:16:30 +0000

Wow!! You put into eloquent words what I have been thinking and feeling for such a long time. I’ve been this way for so long I forgot what it was like to show up. I kept saying I needed to see my aunts and uncles becsure they were the last contact I have with my father and could find out more about his childhood. They passed before I could “show up”. My best friend passed in an auto accident and that week before her accident I had said to myself that I wanted to go see her that upcoming weekend specifically Sunday. I didn’t make that call and she died in an auto accident that Sunday. I will be 51 this year. My house is cluttered and that weighs on my shoulders as an excuse to not “show up”! That stops today. Thank you so much Kristen for letting me and others know that we aren’t alone feeling this way. And I am so glad you showed up for your friend and her parents. Prayers to them. Much love and gratitude ~ Kasey

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:14:51 +0000

In a blog-world where everyone seems to write things about “it’s ok to say no, it’s ok to not stretch yourself so thinly,” this is a welcome respite. I think there is a fine line and you address it perfectly. It matters where you put your time.

By: Peabody (SweetReciPEAs)

Peabody (SweetReciPEAs) — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 23:23:45 +0000

Absolutely love this. This is what I pledged after Holly passed. I missed so many things with the excuse that I couldn’t leave Holly when really it was me just talking myself out of things.

By: Beth @ Eat Within Your Means

Beth @ Eat Within Your Means — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 05:34:41 +0000

I knew there was a reason we became friends at Chopped. This meant so much to me, if nothing else than to know I’m not alone in having not shown up for so much of my life. This is a tide that’s slowly changing for me, and this just inspires me to keep that momentum going. Much love to you! Thanks for sharing this.