To My Ordinary Goodness Squad
Looks like a few of you noticed that I’ve disappeared on IG! Dear ones, my account has been disabled. Not sure why. Or for how long. But you know what I realized? It’s okay. No matter which way this goes. If I get restored or forever banned.
Why? Because a few years ago. When everything was upside down. Inside out. At a time when I didn’t know who or what to trust anymore. I decided to double down. And trust myself. And in doing so. Find my voice again.
So I started a little account on IG @littlems.magnolia. And I started to share the pieces of me that even I had forgotten.
And what I found. Was that I really liked who I was. And that in sharing my life. Everything started to sort. Piles of things that mattered. And things that didn’t. And at the sifted, bottom of it all. Was ordinary goodness.
Friends, that’s what fuels my life. My soul. Everything I do and say.
And a funny thing happened. Like minded people started to find me. And then follow and share me. And you all started to find the ordinary goodness in your own ives. Maybe the parts of you long buried. Or maybe a deeper appreciation for the moments and people around you. That maybe you had forgotten to remember, too.
The best part, though. Is that YOU started to share your ordinary goodness with me. And each other. You saw it in the everyday situations and people that were right in front of your face. And you believed as much as I did. That those are the things in life that matter most.
And, dear ones—do you know what happens to the ordinary goodness in your life when you lose 10,000 plus followers in one day? Absolutely nothing. It’s still there. In technicolor fullness. Nothing and no one can take it away. If you choose to see it.
In the last day, My Ordinary Goodness Squad, as my friend Carolyn calls us, has rallied. Courtney @alifefromscratch and Abby @abbythome have been working behind the scenes to help in any way they can. Like my two private cheerleaders. But mostly, they have showed up for little old me in friendship. To just sit in the mess. And remind me that they are with me and for me. No matter what happens. Or how I choose to proceed.
And so many of you have followed me on FB @Littlems.magnolia. You’ve tracked me down in my email, sent out the SOS to to others who know and follow me on the gram. The ordinary goodness remains. As always. Because the ordinary goodness is YOU and ME.
And so today. 10,000 followers “poorer”. I’m still richer in all the ways that matter most. And as I wait to see what happens with my account. Rest assured. I’m more confident than ever. That the world needs our message of ordinary goodness.
And, frankly, I’m in awe of the community we’ve created here. And my mind is spinning about how we can use our collective ordinary goodness to help others see their own.
So, please please please—never forget. What I’ve learned so clearly over these last challenging years. And especially in these most recent months of excruciating loss. Is that ordinary goodness is right where you are.
See it. Name it. Share it. But don’t do it for me. Do it for YOU. Because you have one precious life to live. So go find what matters most.