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

[Tide Rev]

Thanks for this thread! Reading these posts have been so encouraging. I have been married to Mrs Tide Rev for 42 years and have known her for 44 years.She is a great wife and mother and even better grandmother. I prayed for many things in my wife and she is more than I prayed for. With that said, we have 2 great young men who are grown and contributing to society. The oldest has given us 2 grandsons. I have joked that I wished we could have had grandkids first! I am a Pastor of a great church who loves us. I am more than content with how my life has turned out after growing up in an alcoholic household. (I don’t drink and never have) Whenever the Lord chooses to call me to heaven, I will go thankful and grateful for all He has given me/us. I am about to turn 65 and hopefully retire one day. Hope to travel more, visit grandkids and be a grandpa, ride my bike more, and spoil my wife more. Life is good

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I am moving. I have hated my current apartment for years. but I was too lazy to move. I am finally getting out of here. Probably moving out of Vinings and I to Brookhaven. I am excited about it. Here's to hoping for a hawt neighbor that is into short broke architects.

 

[92tide]

I am moving. I have hated my current apartment for years. but I was too lazy to move. I am finally getting out of here. Probably moving out of Vinings and I to Brookhaven. I am excited about it. Here's to hoping for a hawt neighbor that is into short broke architects.

i lived in brookhaven 98-01 and enjoyed it. one big bonus is that you are close to a lot of really good ethnic food on buford hwy

 

[DawgAlum2054]

I started a side business of a supplement company a couple of months ago. Happy doing it so far and hopeful of what the future brings.

I also recently celebrated 10 years of marriage to a woman who is much better looking than me, and I have two amazing boys that are 4 and 2

 

[Bodhisattva]

My wife and I are doing more and more charity work as we approach retirement (when we will ramp that effort up even more).

My wife goes on medical missions regularly and the next one will be to Vietnam in August. While there, she and my daughter (just finished her sophomore year at nursing school) will visit the orphanage we support in Saigon and deliver a couple of tons of food, supplies, and clothes. Every year for Tet (lunar new year) we provide a month's worth of food to a couple hundred poor and disabled people.

I am increasing my charity to an organization in Thailand that provides scholarships to poor, rural kids. So, far I'm sponsoring three college students (two in nursing school and one in engineering) and 20 high school students. Helping the most disadvantaged of kids - but who are brilliant and driven to succeed beyond belief - achieve their potential is how I want to spend the rest of my days.

These are incredibly satisfying endeavors for us.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

My wife and I are doing more and more charity work as we approach retirement (when we will ramp that effort up even more).

My wife goes on medical missions regularly and the next one will be to Vietnam in August. While there, she and my daughter (just finished her sophomore year at nursing school) will visit the orphanage we support in Saigon and deliver a couple of tons of food, supplies, and clothes. Every year for Tet (lunar new year) we provide a month's worth of food to a couple hundred poor and disabled people.

I am increasing my charity to an organization in Thailand that provides scholarships to poor, rural kids. So, far I'm sponsoring three college students (two in nursing school and one in engineering) and 20 high school students. Helping the most disadvantaged of kids - but who are brilliant and driven to succeed beyond belief - achieve their potential is how I want to spend the rest of my days.

These are incredibly satisfying endeavors for us.

You are a better man than I am, Bodhi.

I sincerely admire what you and Lan do.

 

[Bodhisattva]

You are a better man than I am, Bodhi.

I sincerely admire what you and Lan do.

Thank you, sir. But the credit goes to two other people. One is my wife for her years of charity that inspired me to find my own cause to get behind. And two is my friend Chris, whose YouTube videos connected me to the incredible work of iCare Thailand. I look forward to the day when I have more to give.

 

[tidehawk]

Just retired from education after 39 years. 28 in public school - teacher, coach, asst principal then principal. 11 years back in the classroom in private school. Looking forward to my next chapter in life. Blessed and highly favored.

 

[BamaMoon]

Hey, thanks for all the positive vibes!!!

Today, and looking to the weekend, I'm very thankful for our great country. Whether you realize it or not, we are blessed to call this our home. You could have been born in China or Russia or Iraq and would have likely never known the true genius of the American experiment.

We all realize it is not perfect OR without its blemishes, but it remains the one place I'm thankful, by the grace of God, I was born and bred.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

Hey, thanks for all the positive vibes!!!

Today, and looking to the weekend, I'm very thankful for our great country. Whether you realize it or not, we are blessed to call this our home. You could have been born in China or Russia or Iraq and would have likely never known the true genius of the American experiment.

We all realize it is not perfect OR without its blemishes, but it remains the one place I'm thankful, by the grace of God, I was born and bred.

One of the best things about the World Cup has been reading and hearing about visiting fans marveling at American culture and people.

No, we're not perfect and have never been. But we beat the pants off of anywhere else, and the visitors are telling everyone that.

 

[Moro Creek]

Just celebrated 57 years of marriage. Will turn 80 soon. Still play golf and love to travel. Still work two days a week (they won't let me retire). Donate blood every 60 days and glad it helps someone. God has been so good to me even though I don't deserve it.

 

[LittleLexi]

My Hedge Fund just went past the 1Billion Dollar Threshold, I am officially considered a Greedy Billionaire.

 

[Alasippi2]

I think it's time to let the last couple of years go! They've been analyzed from every possible angle, but at the cost of so much negativity. The losses and even the wins!

One thing I love about TideFan's is that it is a community that does a great job of self-correction. There are just too many level-headed admins and posters to let the whole board go down the tubes.

A few months ago, after 2 decades of only posting here, I finally "paid" to get what I thought might be a few nibbles of inside scoop at another site. But it's like trying to survive on rat poison. For every little bit of corn meal, there's 99% poison. In just a matter of a few days, I quickly figured out there were a handful of posters who could not post anything positive or even "somewhat neutral" about the state of Alabama football. Just total negativity!

Case in point, Bama had two huge QB commitments (one for '27 and another for '28), and as soon as news about them is posted, someone has to say something about last year's OL. It's like some can't even enjoy a positive moment without a return to negativity!

I read something the other day I haven't been able to forget: "Your 'NORMAL' day is someone else's DREAM."

It's true. If you are posting on a message board about what's wrong with Bama football or about problems with the NCAA/NIL/the portal, you've got "First World" problems! For every one bad thing you can name, there are literally hundreds of blessings you are probably overlooking!

So tell us something positive or encouraging that is happening in your NORMAL life right now...Go!

I agree with your post 1,000 per cent! There's good things going on with Bama it just takes some time. Especially now! It's totally out of control.

 

[saturdaysarebet]

63 here and I fell off an 8-foot A-frame ladder scraping and painting outside. I messed up the ladder, just missed hitting my A.C. unit, and was bruised, swollen and bloodied, but no broken bones and walked away from it. I got back on a ladder about an hour later figuring how many people fall off a ladder twice on the same day. Sure could have turned out worse so I'm very lucky and thankful.

 

[Con]

63 here and I fell off an 8-foot A-frame ladder scraping and painting outside. I messed up the ladder, just missed hitting my A.C. unit, and was bruised, swollen and bloodied, but no broken bones and walked away from it. I got back on a ladder about an hour later figuring how many people fall off a ladder twice on the same day. Sure could have turned out worse so I'm very lucky and thankful.

I did something similar to this, but I was 20 at the time. Didn't really know what I was doing but I was making a little money painting my friends house. I didn't have the ladder set correctly and it kicked out from under me and when it finally caught, me and my paint tumbled off the ladder onto a rock patio below. I knew if I didn't climb back on that ladder right then, I may not ever try it again.

 

[CoolBreeze]

Love this thread and the posters in it. I am just blessed and happy to be here mixing it up with you guys.

 

[saturdaysarebet]

I did something similar to this, but I was 20 at the time. Didn't really know what I was doing but I was making a little money painting my friends house. I didn't have the ladder set correctly and it kicked out from under me and when it finally caught, me and my paint tumbled off the ladder onto a rock patio below. I knew if I didn't climb back on that ladder right then, I may not ever try it again.

I always check the back legs of an A-frame ladder to make sure it's level, doesn't rock, etc. Well, the front left thin leg was up against the house and it sunked suddenly when I was at the top of the ladder and it slowly started going left and down.

 

[UAH]

63 here and I fell off an 8-foot A-frame ladder scraping and painting outside. I messed up the ladder, just missed hitting my A.C. unit, and was bruised, swollen and bloodied, but no broken bones and walked away from it. I got back on a ladder about an hour later figuring how many people fall off a ladder twice on the same day. Sure could have turned out worse so I'm very lucky and thankful.

I had a very good friend working on ladder at home. A brilliant quite wealthy man. Needless to say he fell and hit his head on the concrete patio and spent months dealing with swelling of his brain. I swore off of ladders and roof tops at that point and only have used step ladders conservatively since. Even with that I stepped off improperly a couple of times and ended up in the emergency room with a painful groin injury. I will leave ladders to those much younger than me.

 

[saturdaysarebet]

I had a very good friend working on ladder at home. A brilliant quite wealthy man. Needless to say he fell and hit his head on the concrete patio and spent months dealing with swelling of his brain. I swore off of ladders and roof tops at that point and only have used step ladders conservatively since. Even with that I stepped off improperly a couple of times and ended up in the emergency room with a painful groin injury. I will leave ladders to those much younger than me.

You are a wise man. I do have a funny story I can laugh about now. Many years ago, I had set up a ladder on my back porch to climb up on my flat roof to do some tarring. While I'm up there I can see all my neighbors on all sides outside doing whatever and I didn't take my cell phone with me as I didn't want to chance getting tar all over it.

I'm up there working away for a while and I then hear a metal sound and thud. Sure enough, my ladder had slid off my back porch. (The next time I tied it to the porch rail.) So now I'm looking around and there's nobody anywhere. I figure sooner or later someone will come out. Well now, it's getting close to dusk and still no one.

I see a guy a good distance away and I'm calling and waving to him, and he must have thought I was being friendly and he waves back at me. I had to wave him over and he was able to put the ladder back on the porch for me to get down. Good thing. Otherwise, I was debating should I try hang from the roof and jump on to the porch. I'm thankful it didn't come to that.

 

[Elefantman]

I have to chuckle. Who would ever think a thread on saying something positive would become a thread on ladder safety????