Hey Lubbock,<\/p>\n
We asked a simple question on The RockShow<\/a> today: \u201cWhat should we congratulate you for?\u201d And y\u2019all answered in a way that stuck with me.<\/p>\n Some of you are fighting battles that don\u2019t come with applause.<\/p>\n Getting sober. Staying sober. Taking it one day at a time when one day feels like a lot. That\u2019s not small. That\u2019s not \u201cjust trying.\u201d That\u2019s strength in its rawest form, and you are a total badass.<\/p>\n Some of you are doing the quiet kind of hard, like\u00a0not texting your ex, even when everything in you wants to. Choosing peace over chaos. Growth over comfort. That deserves a standing ovation, even if nobody else sees it.<\/p>\n Photo by Ian Schneider<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n Some of you are grinding it out in all kinds of ways. Finishing school, going back to school, trying to build something better than what you started with. Showing up when it would be easier not to. That counts more than you think.<\/p>\n And then there are the wins that don\u2019t make headlines but still matter, like holding your temper, showing up to work, taking care of your kids, paying your bills, and keeping your head above water in a world that doesn\u2019t always make it easy.<\/p>\n Read More:\u00a0What’s The Most West Texas Way To Spend $20<\/a><\/p>\n When we read through your responses, it hit me. There\u2019s a whole town full of people quietly doing their best.<\/p>\n So this is for you.<\/p>\n Whether your victory is big, small, messy, ongoing, or just barely holding together\u2026 good job. Seriously. You\u2019re doing something hard, and you\u2019re still here doing it.<\/p>\n Lubbock, we see you.<\/p>\n Keep going. You got this.<\/p>\n Photo by Nick Fewings<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n Keep scrolling for more Lubbock love in the galleries below…<\/p>\n 58 Photos That Will Change The Way You Look at Lubbock<\/p>\n Lubbock gets joked about a lot \u2014 flat, dusty, windy \u2014 but when you see it from above, especially at sunset or night, it\u2019s actually pretty beautiful.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy Covington<\/p>\n 8 Delicious Foods My West Texas Granny Always Fed Me<\/p>\n I miss her cooking almost as much as I miss her.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hey Lubbock, We asked a simple question on The RockShow today: \u201cWhat should we congratulate you for?\u201d And…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169,223],"class_list":["post-228593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}