The Playground Rocks.

What does that have to do with todays post? Maybe not alot except that I love my friends there. So… I just wanted to say that. It does rock.

I’m lucky. I’ve got an incredible group of friends who believe in me when I don’t. The most I’d hoped for (visualizing dreams aside) in the Blaze contest was editor interest. To win? OMG – wildly beyond my hopes. That the Senior Editor now wants the proposal ASAP (I’m shipping it off right away) took this to a whole new level of WOW. But the best part, the chocolate icing glazed over the top of it all?

The belief and support of my family and friends. So many of them were positive I’d win. As soon as they saw the post that calls were going out, they said they knew I’d got the first place. Me – I was asleep. Them, they were checking eHQ for news, watching the loops, rooting for me.

My mom cried. My dad’s pride was so huge. My husband brought me flowers and because we can’t celebrate this week (its insane here – another post in itself) insists that we go celebrate Saturday night. My oldest daughter told all her friends right away and my youngest? She’s six, has a major lisp thanks to two missing front teeth. I told her I won the Blaze challenge, she looked at me blankly, scrunched up her face and said “gradulations?” My heart melted.

Its easy to feel solitary when I sit here, staring at the computer screen and grasping for the right words to paint the picture I see in my mind. Its easy to let the doubts, the rejections and the downside of this journey get to me, make me feel alone. But… I’m not alone. I’ve got incredible friends, family and support on this journey.

Pretty awesome