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I am not going to lie, I wasn’t going to try to win a trip to #SoFabCon14 this year. I just knew I couldn’t really convey how much I wanted to go and really didn’t feel I was creative enough to win. So honestly my feelings were- “Why Bother?”
Then tonight my youngest came to me and showed me a video she had made and it had me in tears by the end. Even if she did use “What Does The Fox Say” for background music. I asked her why she did this and she said “Enter the contest Mommy. You tell me all the time never give up. You don’t know until you try.” I honestly didn’t know what to say because I guess I have given up on a lot of things the last few weeks. I had only said something in passing about the contest while checking Twitter. I honestly didn’t know she had paid that much attention or had the ability to hack my computer and get the info for the contest. I guess I need a password now.
I love what I do. It is fun and it really allows me a chance to do things I never thought I would get to do, but mostly I blog for my girls. I want them to be proud of me but more importantly I want them to know that you don’t need someone to take care of you. That as a woman you can be empowered, either on your own or by other women. Blogging has given me that power and allowed me to take care of my girls all by myself. That has meant so much to me. Before I answer the questions needed for my entry, I want you to watch the video. It may not make you cry because you don’t know her or her situation, that is okay. But whether I win or not ( and YES, I REALLY want to win, even more so now) this has been one of the greatest gifts I have ever received. Thank you SoFab for running the contest and giving the universe a reason to make it happen. ( I love how she keeps looking over her shoulder to see if I am coming, lol)
I would love to come to SoFabCon for many reasons. SoFab/#CollectiveBias gave me a chance when I was still small. They allowed me to join an awesome community and picked me for an opp shortly after. It was for International Delight Iced Coffee. I remember how nervous I was and how I strived to do a great job. When I look at the post now I cringe because I have come a long way. I would love to finally meet the people behind the community and talk to them. I want to say Thank You for giving me a chance when a lot of other places didn’t. I still say to this day that SoFab opened the doors to a lot more opportunities.
I want to meet my fellow bloggers and see the women in my little computer monitor. I want to sit with them and share stories. So many of them have so much to teach others and I want to thank them too! For being completely awesome and paving the way for bloggers like me!
Mainly, I want to learn. You can only learn so much online. I want to sit in a room, learn from the best and hear all the little things that are shared. When people are together, as a community you glean tidbits of information. They tend to say so much more than they normally would when you have to adhere to 350-500 words.
I want to meet brands! I want to socialize, I want to have fun and I want to feel young again. And, really this is one of the only times I will have an excuse to buy new pajamas! I haven’t been to a slumber party since I was 12, and the 80′s were my time! I can rock the Jem look like no other!
The experience would mean so much because like Alianna wrote, I have given up a lot of opportunities. But, I would do it all over again for her and her sister. I am still human though and I want to live life. For one weekend I would be able to enjoy all the activities and fun. For one weekend I would be me, not Alianna and Roxy’s Mom. I would be Bobbie, The Rebel Foodie. That would be so awesome and worth every bit of sacrifice it would take to get there.
I am not really sure what I would do after the conference. Life is too fragile and time is too short to know what you will be doing at any point in time. But, if I had to guess I would say that I would take all the things I had learn and apply them to The Rebel Foodie. I would use the information to go further and grow my blog ( my business). Maybe it would even help with my shyness and would become a social butterfly. I am almost positive I would come back with new bloggy friends and I would support them and help them too. But mainly, I would come away with a sense of who I am, who I want to be and where I want to go in bloggyland.
SoFab is amazing. Like all businesses they have their ups and downs but they listen to us and they do try to support us. They give us chances we may otherwise not get and to me that is what makes a community. An empowered community of women ( and men :D) that strive to be the best. I #LuvSoFab14
Thank you for reading and hopefully I will see everyone at #SoFabCon14
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