Let It Go - Tell Us Something Positive Going On in Your Life!

[AlexanderFan]

Grandkids, and children who love enough to foster children so that they may know love too.

A wife who loves me enough to wipe my butt after my bypass a few years ago.

Not sure you need much more than that, the rest is just fun message board banter.

 

[Tubafore]

My oldest just celebrated their 10th birthday, I tied for first in the league in my last season in the 30+ rookie division (now I can't compete in the rookie division), and my mom took her first real international trip after being inspired by my family's vacation

 

[Windsortide]

I have a healthy family and I have my health . We are happy together.

 

[BamaHoopsBoi]

I've got Jesus, everything else is just extra.
My wife is pregnant with our second son, the Lord has truly blessed me in every way.

Thank you for posting this thread, I have loved reading everyone's response.

"When peace, like a river,
Attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot,
Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, with my soul.
It is well, it is well, with my soul."

 

[BamaMoon]

I can identify with a lot of people on this site. I retired back in 2013 after 35 years at Georgia Pacific in
Atlanta. We bought a beach condo and my wife of 39 years passed away unexpectedly 4 months later. But I rebounded and later met a woman in the swimming pool at my condo. She was also a widow and she was with 4 other women and we hit it off. To make a long story short we got married a couple of years later and are celebrating out 10th anniversary later this month. The only issue is we now live in Knoxville. Other than all the orange, Knoxville is a pretty good place to live. We are back at my condo this week. I have been a member on this site for over 25 years and though I don't post much, I love keep up with everything Bama.

Great story. I'm glad you found love again. And I agree, despite the orange, Knoxville is a nice town. My daughter lives there now and we visit them very often and love doing things in the area.

Here's some irony for you with all the orange, there's scattered crimson there too. Last year when my daughter and her husband (who are devoted Bama fans) bought their house, the previous owners were big Bama fans too!!!

 

[BearFoot]

All good thoughts. I have long believed that a person cannot be truly happy unless they are truly grateful first. That doesn't mean that we cannot have aspirations, hopes and dreams beyond our current situation. But along the way, we should strive to be grateful for each blessing in our lives as they occur. Most people are more blessed than they realize.

Gratitude is the “superfood” of emotions. It’s both empowering, and humbling, simultaneously. There’s an emotional energy we feel when experiencing a spontaneous moment of gratitude that shifts our perspective in an instant…and for the better.

 

[BamaMoon]

Gratitude is the “superfood” of emotions. It’s both empowering, and humbling, simultaneously. There’s an emotional energy we feel when experiencing a spontaneous moment of gratitude that shifts our perspective in an instant…and for the better.

What you are describing is actually a prescription from ABOVE for the human spirit.

99.9% of the posters on this forum are very loyal and long-time Bama fans, including me. I check this site almost every day!

But I also try to have a proper balance for matters that are "first-order" loyalties. But it does concern me that sometimes I find my priorities out of line with what I truly know should be.

And, I think because Bama football has been so high-functioning for such a long time in our recent run, it is truly hard for some to deal with us not being at the top of the sport. What's even harder is this current reality started before 2024 when the GOAT hung up his coaching hat, but most people aren't willing to see it for what it is. Some posters who were ordinarily very positive have decided our current position in the sport, which is really still at a very, very high place, has fallen to such a low place that they interpret every bit of news about the team in the most negative way possible. For some, the easy way is just to blame it all on CKD as if he is the anti-Saban.

I don't know if CKD will ever win an SEC title or a NC at Bama, but I do know my attitude about Bama won't impact that in the slightest way. It's all out of my hands. But, what I can see as a fan is he's doing a lot of things at a very high level, like CNS (recruiting) and he's doing some things every better than CNS could do toward the end (like hiring better assistant coaches). But for all the good, some can only focus on the anti Saban things like PCs or a few of the lopsided losses.

I choose to believe he'll get those things under control, too. I couldn't care less how he does at PCs, but if he stops the lopsided losses, what's the next thing to be upset about?

 

[mlh]

What you are describing is actually a prescription from ABOVE for the human spirit.

99.9% of the posters on this forum are very loyal and long-time Bama fans, including me. I check this site almost every day!

But I also try to have a proper balance for matters that are "first-order" loyalties. But it does concern me that sometimes I find my priorities out of line with what I truly know should be.

And, I think because Bama football has been so high-functioning for such a long time in our recent run, it is truly hard for some to deal with us not being at the top of the sport. What's even harder is this current reality started before 2024 when the GOAT hung up his coaching hat, but most people aren't willing to see it for what it is. Some posters who were ordinarily very positive have decided our current position in the sport, which is really still at a very, very high place, has fallen to such a low place that they interpret every bit of news about the team in the most negative way possible. For some, the easy way is just to blame it all on CKD as if he is the anti-Saban.

I don't know if CKD will ever win an SEC title or a NC at Bama, but I do know my attitude about Bama won't impact that in the slightest way. It's all out of my hands. But, what I can see as a fan is he's doing a lot of things at a very high level, like CNS (recruiting) and he's doing some things every better than CNS could do toward the end (like hiring better assistant coaches). But for all the good, some can only focus on the anti Saban things like PCs or a few of the lopsided losses.

I choose to believe he'll get those things under control, too. I couldn't care less how he does at PCs, but if he stops the lopsided losses, what's the next thing to be upset about?

Well said, BamaMoon. We should also keep in mind that Coach Saban had a few games where we looked unprepared and struggled with teams we should have beaten easily. And Coach Bryant had teams that laid an egg from time to time. I think it's really hard to keep 19-22 year-old kids focused and performing at their best...especially now with NIL and the transfer portal (free agency).

Coach DeBoer is dealing with something Coach Bryant never faced, and Coach Saban only dealt with the last few years of his tenure. And we all saw the drop-off in toughness and commitment and discipline those last couple of years of the Saban era. But I think Coach DeBoer is smart enough to figure it out and have success as Bama's HC.

 

[Bill from NYC]

My daughter was stricken with thyroid cancer. She is a beautiful woman inside and out. She is brilliant. She speaks seven languages and is an Ivy League grad. She is a deeply religious biblical scholar and a kind, wonderful person.

She had surgery that was completely successful. Her follow up tests numbers were perfect. Yesterday we had lunch together. She is working out, doing yoga and looks great.

God did this and I am grateful every minute of every day.

PS: She is a long time Crimson Tide Fan. She still laughs about the title game in which we demolished Notre Dame, saying that I called her approx. 10 times during the game, screaming. She thinks I am over the top wrt The Tide.

 

[bamagradinATL]

My baby girl graduates from high school on May 22nd. She is following in her parents footsteps and will be attending the University of Alabama in the fall.

 

[Bill from NYC]

My oldest just celebrated their 10th birthday, I tied for first in the league in my last season in the 30+ rookie division (now I can't compete in the rookie division), and my mom took her first real international trip after being inspired by my family's vacation

Congrats on this wonderful news!!!

 

[Con]

My son started having 3-4 seizures a day for about a year. As of May 8, it has been a year without him having one. We are truly blessed because we didn’t know what we were going to do.

 

[Bama Lee]

I’m walking again after six month recovery from a shattered tibia. I have metal plate and ten screws that helped it set shomewhat back to what it used to be. I’m thankful for my family and their support. I’m also a cancer survivor and and am on the healthy side of 45 days of radiation (I would not wish that process on my worst enemy). Yet I think God that I live in a country that has good doctors. I try to remind my self that the glass is always at least half full.

 

[pastorbt]

Well, here goes! My positive news! I turned 61 today (May 16). Never thought that I would make it this far! But here I am, healthy for the most part, able to outwork most men half my age! This year my wife and I will celebrate 40 years of marriage without homicide, lol. I have three healthy, daughters doing great things in their careers, and Bama fans to boot! 3 beautiful grandchildren, 1 great puppy that lays on his back with his feet in the air if you ask him if he had rather be a dead dog or an Auburn fan! And my business is really taking off! I quit my well-paying, job that I loved a couple of years ago to follow a dream. I started my own business in a field that I had very little knowledge of, and no real experience professionally at. I started a small, one-man construction company. Criticized by many, especially family! The 1st year and a half was a tremendous struggle. Not much work coming in, side jobs and hustles were not cutting it. At the beginning of Jan this year, I tried to get my old job back. But was told that I didn't just burn the bridge, I nuked it! Felt kind of hopeless in many ways, who hires someone my age, right? Then something began to happen the last week of January. Someone booked a building. Then, another. And another! Before the middle of February, I was booked through March and into April. Then May was booked, June, and now July is full! I have had to hire a couple of guys, and I need another truck. My crew and I are praying that the Lord moves on someone's heart to give us a good used work truck. He said ask! So we are! I am booked to the point that I am losing jobs because we can't get to them! It is amazing to see the turn around! I am very thankful for all that is happening and I am very well aware that I am living under the blessings of God. So if you are going through a very discouraging season in your life, let me give you hope....things can change! In fact they can change to the positive so quickly you may just lose your breath in the process! With all of that said....ROLL TIDE!

 

[Bill from NYC]

My baby girl graduates from high school on May 22nd. She is following in her parents footsteps and will be attending the University of Alabama in the fall.

This is fantastic! I can feel your pride way up here!!!!!

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

1. Finishing up school year number 1 here in our new place, Gulfport MS.
2. Daughter finishing up 11th grade.
3. I'm restoring my Dad's 1969 Fender Precision Bass and playing it!
4. I'm learning some new "Luthier" skills such as soldering!

 

[oskie]

Dad's 1969 Fender Precision Bass and playing it!


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[Cruiser]

My brother's lymph node biopsy came back negative; Thankful!

 

[gman4tide]

Well, here goes! My positive news! I turned 61 today (May 16). Never thought that I would make it this far! "Edited" So if you are going through a very discouraging season in your life, let me give you hope....things can change! In fact they can change to the positive so quickly you may just lose your breath in the process! With all of that said....ROLL TIDE!

We share a birth date! You got me by 3 years tho. 58 here and plan to retire Thanksgiving week (end of a pp ). Wife and I have bought a house in the Bear Point community of Orange Beach and will move down perm that weekend. Lotta script A flags flying down there. If any of them are some of yall...come look me up on Armadillo Ave. Health is good, life is GREAT. This is a great thread!