Drum Roll Please....

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AHHHH!!!!!!!!

That's me!!! 1st place!!!

I did it, you guys! I finally won my class and I am over the moon!

*as you can tell by all of the exclamation points!!!!!!*

I am filled with so much emotion right now that I can't even think straight.

Three long years. 

Three years filled with sacrifice, training, 

doubt, uncertainty,

tears, highs, lows, and more.

Three years ago I stepped on stage at the NPC AZ Open 

for the first time and I placed last.

I stepped on that same stage last year and placed 5th.

It felt like redemption and I was proud of myself.

I stepped on the same stage again last weekend 

and Saturday I walked away with the win. 

I guess the saying below is true.....who knew?? :)