OH WOW!!!

Talk about early Christmas presents! Yesterday I entered a contest on one our local AM radio stations that does news, traffic, and weather. The contest was called "Heat for Heroes" and was sponsored by Georgia Natural Gas. You had to write a short paragraph about a Georgia military service member and why they are your hero. I wrote about Barry. This morning I was surprised by a call from the business office at the station, telling me that we'd won $1000!!!!! If I had been standing next to the guy who called I believe I would have hugged him until his eyes popped out! Daniel had a fit and started jumping up and down. He ran downstairs and jumped on Aaron, who was still sleeping, and told him the news! I called Barry, who didn't even know I'd entered the contest. Then I called Mama at work. She started yelling, "My kid won $1000! My kid won $1000!"

I pray this winning streak will continue for a while. Aaron still has a poem being judged at the state level of the PTA "Reflections" contest. We also just found out that Barry has been nominated for the William Few Award, which chooses one warrant officer and one officer from the state. That award would be presented by the governor. Those winners go to the national competition, and the national winners get their award straight from the president! Everybody keep praying!!!