A couple of weeks ago I looked at my schedule for the rest of 2013 and couldn’t imagine how I was going to fit it all in. Plus, I was so tired if you saw me you’d say, “yup, you look pretty bad and wiped out.”
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That’s when I called in a Women on Fire sister to my rescue — Janette Barber! (You’ll see this phenomenal woman below in the happy blue glasses.)
“Help,” I yelped. “I don’t think I can make it into New York City to lead our beloved holiday tea. Even though I want to so much.”
Women on Fire Tea in New York City led by Janette holding brand-new copies of our Women on Fire book! Front row: Shannon McCaffery, Teri Goetz, Janette Barber, Darlene Wade. Second row: Meredith Schoenberger, Karen Panish, Stephanie Dalfonzo, Jaclyn Reilly, Daren Stinson. Back row: Ellen Wingard, Holly Getty, Eva Tenuto, Julie Bovey, Colleen Pero, Sheryl Snyder, Susan Perry. (Photos by Benjamin Philabaum)
Making new friends at the tea — Sheryl Snyder and Shannon McCaffery
Women on Fire spiced up the holidays at the tea with Colleen Pero, Karen Panish, Holly Getty, Janette Barber and Ellen Wingard.
And when I put out the distress signal, how did Janette respond?
“Yes. I am happy to. And I’m honored and grateful that you know that I mean it when I said I wanted to help. I’m also glad to see you taking care of yourself because you are under such stress.”
Now that is an amazing friend and exactly what I’ve come to rely on inside our community. And it was true, Janette took one look at me a few weeks earlier and offered to do anything I needed.
So Janette led the tea for me, and already I’ve heard back so much positive and exciting feedback about what an amazing experience it was!
I tell you all of this because I wonder how often are you offered help? When you are, do you take it seriously? Do you accept it?
This is an area I have so much trouble with myself. But I am so often rewarded by such love and support when I do that I’m finally learning to let go of “doing it all” and let in the help that’s right here for me.
In asking someone for help, I often worry about burdening them. And here in her loving email written after she filled in for me at the tea, my dear Janette released me of all guilt when she wrote:
“I can’t tell you how wonderful it feels to me to know that you trust me enough to know that you can ask. It means the world to me.”
No, Janette, you mean the world to me.
Thank you for being a part of this amazing sisterhood!
Whose help are you going to accept this week? 🙂
