This Washington Post article is about Glennon Doyle’s book Love Warrior: A Memoir. This book shares something up until that point she had not shared much with her followers, her husband’s unfaithfulness. Glennon has struggles with bulimia, alcoholism, anxiety, depression, and drugs. She had a fear the she was not doing anything right, parenting, marriage, faith, life. While staying home with her kids she became a blogger sharing her life with her followers. This blossomed Momastery forcing herself to post blogs. She shared the not so pretty side of parenting that isn’t usually seen on the internet. Her post “Don’t Capre Diem” went viral warranting her first book a collection of essays Carry On, Warrior. However, the week before she left for the book tour her husband, Craig, confessed he had been cheating on her during their marriage. Glennon shared with her followers that they would be separating due to something shared in therapy. Love Warrior goes through how they met, an abortion, communication and sex struggles, porn addiction, one-night stands, discomfort with physical intimacy, and how they recovered.
Glennon is unapologetically herself so when she saw people doing lists on Facebook called “25 Things About Me” she figured she would do her own list. She shared her feelings about food and alcohol then realized she spoke her truth while others did not. ‘“I was like ‘Ohhhhhhhh, crap. We’re not doing that here, either,’” she says. By “that” she means telling the truth. The real truth.’ However, she received several people messaging her saying, “I never knew” or “Me too.” This prompted her to start sharing her truth on the internet in hopes to help others know they aren’t alone. She is not ashamed of who she is. “[Love Warrior is] about what happened to Doyle Melton — what happens to so many young women — at the dawn of adolescence, when societal pressure bears down just as hormones and insecurities flare up.” By sharing her truth, she showed how being young and making mistakes changes your life, but you are the one who get to make it better. It is impossible to be perfect and nobody is asking you to be, yet we want to be. Through her truth she is able to be there for other women who need to know they are not alone in this big world. She is so brave and honest and that is how we all need to strive to be not afraid of our baggage.
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