Share Love Field Day 2024

Dear Fight lIke Mike Army, 

Hi!  I hope you all are well.

Summer is flying by and I am grateful for the fun one we are enjoying!

September is sneaking up on me quickly.

So I wanted to share the save the date flyer

for our 5th annual Share Love Field Day. 

This has been a year of continued growing pains ( pre-teens , haha)

as well as so much healing and still more heartbreak. 

I am learning this is simply the human journey .

And as Mike taught me better than anyone

that I have to “Keep Swimming” through it all. 

The joy and pain, the love and the suffering, tears and laughter.

We keep riding each wave to the shore.

He taught me that it’s not whether or not you get knocked down … 

because I will get knocked down. 

But it’s in the getting back up,

and stepping back into the arena ,

that is important. 

Rob introduced me to Theodore Roosevelt’s quote-

"It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or when the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worth cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."

And so a couple weeks ago, on  my solo trip to Italy with my widow friend Briana, I listened to Brene Browns Ted Talk ,Daring Greatly . She digest this quote on  her Ted Talk and in her book . She gives this definition of vulnerability.

“The definition of vulnerability is uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.

But vulnerability is not weakness; it's our most accurate measure of courage.

When the barrier is our belief about vulnerability, the question becomes: 

'Are we willing to show up and be seen when we can't control the outcome?

When the barrier to vulnerability is about safety, the question becomes: 

'Are we willing to create courageous spaces so we can be fully seen?”

How do we keep showing up with courage?

How do we keep stepping in the arena?

After being malled by cancer, financial hardships,

natural disasters, loss of a loved one , war, injustice,

the list keeps growing.  

We are all suffering from something. 

How do we keep getting back up ,

After each punch?

After each critic chimes in with  how they could do it better?

How can we silent our own inner critic ,

 the loudest voice in our head of all.  

How do we keep getting back up?

Knowing we will most likely fail again.

This year , our  best friends are fighting this same relentless disease. 

I am trying my best  to stay vulnerable. 

To show up with courage 

To show up knowing I still can not control the outcome 

Or take away their pain. 

I surrender.

I rely once again,

solely  on faith. 

Proverbs 3: 5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understandings.

In all ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path. 

I believe it is in my weakness and vulnerablity ,

in my surrendering that has allowed me to

keep stepping back in the arena.

I believe this is possible because of

Faith.

Love.

People. 

Each year you have shown up for our family. 

Shown up for G, J, and C. 

Shown up for me. 

Shown up with Love. 

Your love is what has kept me getting back in the arena. 

You have created a safe space 

for me to be vulnerable. 

When life felt anything but certain. 

As a human, 

I strive for perfection …

The perfect shirt to sell, the perfect amount of people ,

 perfect food and entertainment. 

The most exciting event. 

The world tells us perfection 

will make us feel like we have some sort of control 

in a messy and frightening, and uncertain world. 

It make us want to avoid the  fear

rejection, blood, failure. 

It tells us to stay safe ,

avoid our pain,

to stay 6ft away. 

This year, like all the rest ,

 I continue to feel anything but perfect or in control,

Or have any bit of my life sorted out .  

Life continues to feel messy,

as I step in to many new arenas. 

With risk, uncertainly, and emotional exposure.

I keep trying .

And keep getting knocked down. 

And keep surrendering. 

And keep swimming. 

But On Sept 14th, I hope you will show up ,

With all your imperfections and pain  

And get back up. 

And we can enter the arena together. 

Knowing  it is a safe , courageous space

where you can be seen for  just being you.

Where you can feel loved…. That’s all.

( and  enjoy good food, music, and have some fun ) 

You can buy tickets or donate at sharelovethatsall.com

But as always please don't let that stop you from coming.

Please pass along with all your friends and family!

Keep Swimming , friends. 

Lindsey 

Please say an Extra prayer for our friends Kevin and Kirby . 

I wrote the blog before this one a month ago and never sent it. 

They are courageously fighting in their own arena. 

Thank you for holding them close in your hearts.