Friday Night Lights

I am a true believer that Texas high school football has a miraculous way of bringing communities together - especially in times of tragedy. I just couldn't help but feel like I was in an episode of FNL tonight. And it was awesome.

Judge me if you want, but I honestly believe high school football has healing powers and that it's good for the soul.

In what other way could two communities come together like they did tonight? Together we mourned losses and celebrated lives; together we learned to take joy in the small moments through a great game of football; and together we came to realize how blessed each and every one of us are.

Moments like this make me so glad that I come from such a wonderful place - yes, a place where high school football is the end-all-be-all and where it has such a profound effect on people's lives.

(P.S. I stopped the video at this point because after this the whole stadium became eerily quiet as the two teams knelt in prayer in the middle of the field. SUCH a cool moment. Only to be rivaled by the other completely silent moment when Coppell's band played "Amazing Grace" and I literally had tears streaming down my face - that was a first for me at a football game.)

So,

#TexasForever #ClearEyesFullHearts #GodBlessedTexas