Flashback Friday

Some of my favorite photos on Instagram on the photos that people post on Thursdays with the hashtag "#ThrowbackThursday". In the spirit of revisiting the past, today I'm going to post a photo I'm not sure many folks have seen.

Let's flashback, shall we?

The year is 2010 and this is me on stage for the first time!!! I stepped on stage for my first competition completely out of my element! I knew that I wasn't technically "stage ready" but I still wanted to see how I would do next to other competitors. Let's just say, I didn't expect to get my ass handed to me that day but I did!!

I learned that heartbreaking, frustrating day in July that I had so much more work to do if I wanted to be competitive. I learned that last place feels really crappy but is an incredible motivator. I learned that I was W-A-Y more competitive and hungry for a plastic trophy than I originally thought. I learned that I was in love with this sport, no matter what other people thought of it.

So there you have it....a flashback to almost three years ago...where I walked on stage for the first time and discovered that the stage, the teeny tiny bikini, drag queen makeup, and posing my heart out made me ridiculously giddy!

To My Mister...

Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.

 ~Robert Browning~ 

All love that has not friendship for its base, 

is like a mansion built upon the sand. 

~Ella Wheeler Wilcox~

What greater thing is there for two human souls 

than to feel that they are joined…

to strengthen one another…

to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories. 

~George Eliot~

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, 

two minus one equals nothing. 

~Mignon McLaughlin~

Love doesn’t make the world go round. 

Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

 ~Franklin Jones~

I have found the one whom my soul loves. 

~Song of Solomon 3:4~

Last year's anniversary post