Alice Kelly...what have you done to me?!?!?!?!

Wow!!! Yesterday was amazing! I love my husband...but he's not a gift giver. He never has been and I thought he never would be. I've just come to terms with getting a big fat nothing...not even a card...for my birthday, mother's day and our anniversary. And I'm OK with that. But yesterday he proved me wrong!
A few months ago after a little date night he told me of this big plan he had been thinking about. He wanted to take me and some girlfriends out for the Alice Kelly fishing tournament to celebrate the end of my treatment. For those of you that don't know, this particular ladies tournament is a fund raiser for the Outer Banks Cancer Support Group. There is no money to be won but there is a lot of money that goes to our community to help people going through the lovely journey of cancer. So it was very appropriate and extremely thoughtful for him to come up with this all on his own.
He has a very good friend that has a beautiful boat that he brought up from New Bern just for the tournament. He even took the family to the boat for a little over night trip. Madison and Willa thought it was really cool that they got to sleep on the "fancy boat" in their own room.
So yesterday was the big day. We left the dock at 6am with "Captain Ahab," Banks, Jeff and a few girls that are really special to me and helped me through some really tough times.
And it was spectacular! I know I'm not a Meredith by blood, but yesterday I felt like I was. I could LIVE out there! It was absolutely, 100% beautiful. Although I've been out there with Reed before it just confirmed for me why he does what he does. Our CPA is always questioning why he continues to do it even though in the long run we just break even...on a good year. But yesterday reiterated what I already knew...that Reed Meredith would shrivel up and die if he could not fish. I've always told my CPA that taking fishing away from Reed would be the equivalent of me taking away his adding machine. He wouldn't be able to survive! And now I remember why!
We had such a great time! Brandy was the rock star...with a huge Wahoo! She worked her booty off! And Reed was super proud of her. His exact words were, "What Brandy just did was f*@#&*^ notable!" And Reed doesn't just give out complements! She was a little sore today but we're all very proud of her!!!!
Other than one bite, that was all the fishing action happening on the Kahuna. But there was no place in this universe that I'd rather be! We had a blast and I'm secretly hoping this is the beginning of a new tradition. (Reed...if you are reading this...take note!!! You have set the bar high. Not only am I expecting to do this again, but so are a few other ladies:)"