Five on Friday: Reasons I can’t stop smiling

Life has been a whirlwind lately. (When is it not, right!?) I’ve been very hesitant to write about some of the stuff going on, because I am so afraid of jinxing it. But. Here’s goes…

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1. Aggies win their season opener! Hey, I had to start with this one. Especially since everyone went into this game expecting us to lose. But not only did we win, we WON. 52 – 28. Whoop! On top of it all, we had an amazing turn out for the game watching party in Brentwood. My heart was so full the entire time. I found myself flitting from table to table trying to take it all in… I left feeling so jazzed and happy and…. I love being an Aggie!

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I made my husband take a selfie with me after the game… we’d just watched the Aggies win!

2. The #ALSIceBucketChallenge. Why does this make me smile? Because its bringing awareness to ALS, which is part of the Muscular Dystrophy family. Which if you read this blog very often, you know that MDA and any research towards fighting muscular dystrophy is very, very important to me. I challenge everyone to give! Help us find a cure!

3. We’re buying a house.  I’m going to have to start a blog post series on this venture. It’s overwhelming. It’s terrifying. It’s exciting. I’m GIDDY. And exhausted. Please, please, please don’t let my posting this jinx the whole thing. Its never a done deal until the final papers are signed, so I’m scared to say anything. But I’m ready to burst with excitement. I can’t hold it in any more!

Pending!
Pending!

4. My husband is okay. There was a huge storm last weekend, and a stage roof collapsed on my husband’s gear. When he called me and told me what happened, I started shaking like a leaf. I was trying to comprehend that he was okay. No one was hurt. Yes, there is a lot of gear damage. No, we don’t know what we’re going to do. But all that mattered was that he was okay.

Roof on one keyboard. The other face down on the ground where it fell and landed.
Roof on one keyboard. The other face down on the ground where it fell and landed. Had he been standing there, that truss would have landed on his head.

5. Running on faith. Right now, there is so much going on… SO much. I’ve been getting more calls for photography gigs. Aggie club. House purchase. Insurance on my husband’s gear. Moving. Working extra nights. I am overwhelmed often. I’m also being quickly reminded time and time again how important faith is to me. Because its through faith that everything is coming together. And as long as I give it all to God… I’m going to be all right. And that… is something to smile about.

One thought on “Five on Friday: Reasons I can’t stop smiling”

  1. Yay!!! This is a great post and being grateful for all of this and having a strong faith is most important. We are with you all the way. So happy for you!

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