Itâs #JOYWEEK and Iâm sitting here overwhelmed by YOUâŠour amazing listeners!!!
#PIMPINJOY is proof that good can come from bad, if we allow it. The roots of #PIMPINJOY start at the single most painful thing Iâve ever experienced in my life: my precious momâs battle with cancer. If you donât know how #PIMPINJOY came aboutâŠyou can learn more about it HERE but for the sake of this post, Iâll share this quick part of her story as it pertains to the immense amount of gratitude I personally feel during times like #JOYWEEK:
During my momâs third diagnosis, she immediately wanted to go to the chapel at the hospital to prayâand her prayer was selfless and simple: âLord use this cancer for good.â There was more to her prayer for sure. But that was her plea in a nutshell. WellâŠbecause of #PIMPINJOY, my momâs prayer was ANSWERED and it CONTINUES to be answered, OVER and OVER again, every time YOU help us spread joy.
Maybe youâre choosing JOY for yourself.
Maybe youâre doing something kind for another person.
Maybe youâre purchasing some #PIMPINJOY gear because it just makes you FEEL happier!
Whatever youâre doingâŠTHANK YOU. From the bottom of my heartâŠthank you.
I wish my mom was alive to witness the good that came from her battleâŠbut the fact that my sister and I get to see all of thisâŠitâs good for our souls.
We launched our NEON #PIMPINJOY line on Monday with a goal of 50k to St. Jude for the whole week! Well, on Monday we hit 50kâŠin one day! AMAZING!!! Thatâs seriously impressive and 100% all the credit goes to you guys. Itâs a testament to just how giving you are and that you trust usâŠwhich means the world.
Being that we hit our goal for St. Jude, all proceeds from #PIMPINJOY have now shifted to Hurricane Harvey relief effortsâand man are people in Texas going to need all the help they can right now and in the coming months.
Can I just say that I am personally so thankful we have something like #PIMPINJOY that allows us to rally together and help others in times of crisis?!! Thank you for trusting us, supporting our efforts, and spending your hard-earned money to join us in helping others. Every new item we launch, we wonder if people will respondâŠand people do! Whether itâs someoneâs first #PIMPINJOY item or their tenth, YOU GUYS show up and itâs just the best feeling ever.
And goshâŠwhile my momâs cancer motto of âchoosing joyâ and her Twitter handle (@judybepimpinjoy that we randomly chose while in the waiting room at MD Anderson) inspired #PIMPINJOYâŠBobby is the one that created the hashtagâŠand then Meri + The Shop Forward helped us create an actual brandâŠwe have only awesome quality products + amazing customer service because of them!!! Hands down #PIMPINJOY would not be what it is without Bobby, Meri, The Shop Forward and our entire show that has a desire to use our platform for good. So to Lunchbox, Eddie, Ray, Morgan, Mike D, Morgan #2, and former show members that have played a part in growing this movementâŠTHANK YOU.
Itâs so much easier to SPREAD JOY together. I never thought in my wildest dreams that weâd have the ability to make a difference the way that weâve been able to AND ITâS ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORTâŠso one last time I just want to say: THANK YOU. Thank you for being apart of answering my momâs simple prayer.
Wherever you are, and whatever is going on in your little world, I hope you find some JOY this week.