Last night was our first home game, which means the first time for the Texas State University Strutters to take the field this football season. We played against Texas Tech in a sold out (new!) stadium-- literally thank God I don't get scared dancing in front of huge crowds anymore, growing up dancing for CBC prepared me for most crowds I'd dance for in my life and now I'm just comfortable. Well, most of the time;)
Pre-game the Texas State Strutters and members of our ROTC had the privilege of unfurling the American flag from goal post to goal post. Walking past the crowd you could hear everyone screaming for whatever school they were supporting, but soon all of those chants changed to "USA! USA!" and being able to carry that flag and watch as members of our armed forces flew overhead has never made me feel more patriotic. Strutting out of the tunnel for the first time AND with one of my best friends Taylor was so fun. This was our first time to dance together after years of dancing in the same district!
Right when I made the team everyone would always ask me if I was excited to be a Strutter and I would usually honestly reply with a neutral answer. Most of these people asked me this question during the two weeks of Strutter camp which probably isn't the best time to ask haha. We lost last night, but I came home and was just so happy. Not that we lost, but because I looked back and remembered telling myself in the past that I told myself I didn't want to go to Texas State, I wanted to go to a private school and move somewhere out of Texas. And I remember telling myself that I would probably never try out for Strutters because I didn't want to go through the whole team experience again just because I did it during high school and could check it off my list, but God orchestrated my life and I ended up doing both of those things despite what I had intended to do. So last night after the game I came home and just thought about that and became overwhelmed because I'm exactly where the Lord wants me for such a time as this. This was all His doing and I'm having the time of my life.
Pre-game the Texas State Strutters and members of our ROTC had the privilege of unfurling the American flag from goal post to goal post. Walking past the crowd you could hear everyone screaming for whatever school they were supporting, but soon all of those chants changed to "USA! USA!" and being able to carry that flag and watch as members of our armed forces flew overhead has never made me feel more patriotic. Strutting out of the tunnel for the first time AND with one of my best friends Taylor was so fun. This was our first time to dance together after years of dancing in the same district!
Right when I made the team everyone would always ask me if I was excited to be a Strutter and I would usually honestly reply with a neutral answer. Most of these people asked me this question during the two weeks of Strutter camp which probably isn't the best time to ask haha. We lost last night, but I came home and was just so happy. Not that we lost, but because I looked back and remembered telling myself in the past that I told myself I didn't want to go to Texas State, I wanted to go to a private school and move somewhere out of Texas. And I remember telling myself that I would probably never try out for Strutters because I didn't want to go through the whole team experience again just because I did it during high school and could check it off my list, but God orchestrated my life and I ended up doing both of those things despite what I had intended to do. So last night after the game I came home and just thought about that and became overwhelmed because I'm exactly where the Lord wants me for such a time as this. This was all His doing and I'm having the time of my life.
