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Will I get to attend the Blissdom Conference again

To say when I read about this my heart was broken would be the biggest understatement.

I’ll explain why. Blissdom is different for everyone. Everyone has their own experience, reasons for going, etc. The first year I went I was going through a terrible breakup, I was in the middle of my first year of grad school, I was not sure what was going on in my life other than that. I felt lost. I bought a plane ticket, bought a ticket to blissdom 3 weeks before the conference and found roommates I’ve never met on twitter who have become great friends since.

Those 3 days at Blissdom changed my life completely. I found my way. I have since “Followed my Bliss”

That year it came at the right time for me.

The second year was different. I went with friends but the day before I heard some terrible news. My dad had cancer. News no one wants to hear. I debated not going but my dad assured me I should go that Blissdom was important to me and that I needed to go. Once there I was greeted by so many hugs and people who told me their similar stories. It came at the right time for me.

Year three my life was going great but I felt so stressed, I was a few months into starting my own business and I felt like I needed a breather, I needed to get back to the reason I started blogging and apparently my friends had something up their sleeves for my birthday. My boyfriend and best friend came to blissdom and surprised me. It was such a fun time and it came at the right time for me.

When I heard this news I felt the same way I did before I went the first time. Lost. I felt like my home was taken away. I have made some of the best friends at Blissdom. Gotten the best advice, learned some valuable life lessons, and some hard truths. I have learned life doesn’t always treat you fair but give people a chance to change you and to change your life. I was talking to a friend yesterday and she helped me see how blissdom is like a church for some its like a place of worship. Or a spiritual home for some.

Some may think I am over reacting, some may think I am being a big cry baby. Yes I cried when I heard the news. Blissdom is an important place for all of us. A home for all of us and to think that home is gone has left me sad.

I cant say enough great amazing things about Barbara, Paula and Alli the three most inspirational kind women you’d ever come across. First you’ll be starstruck then you’ll have coffee with them and give them a hug.

Thank you three for helping me find my bliss.

Thank you to the people who took a shy girl in that first year and made her feel like one of their own.

Thank you to the people I have met along the way for inspiring me and helping me in my journey.

Thank you Ashley, Meg, Heather, Steph, Whit, and Amber for the endless days and nights of conversation and for being my “Blissdom Besties.” I love that group we formed and that friendship that came out of this last year.

Today’s linkup is still the same but this needed to be said.

I will Never Ever Ever attend Blissdom again. Neither will you. If you didn’t experience it its like the sorority motto “from the outside you dont understand it and from the inside you could never explain it.” Thankfully though blissdom was so much better than sorority life 😉

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