Maybe They Do Know Me

Yesterday, Abby Wambach wore the red, white, and blue for the last time.

Today, we had an E-Board Holiday Lunch and we did secret Santa.

Yea....it was super sweet.

Highlights

This one guy, Lam, got our one hijabi Muslim girl a prayer mat with a compass. She cried. Hard.
We had to get another girl to hug her because she can't hug men she's not related to.
At a time when Anti-Islam rhetoric is at its highest, to have an outspoken Christian man give an outwardly Muslim girl a prayer mat, both acknowledging her religion AND respecting it? So proud to be HUCM 2019.
Yup...I was already pretty emotional thanks to Abs and that one got me.

Then....Bert. So Bert is dating a friend of mine and I was surprised that he had me honestly. Nothing was leaked about it.
Then he handed me something that was soft.
Bert got me.....
an Orlando City tee shirt.




Now a little background.... my favorite player is Ashlyn Harris. She played for the Washington Spirit for 3 seasons before she was left available to be picked up by the Orlando Pride for the upcoming season.  Ashlyn wanted to go home...that's the only reason she wasn't retained by Washington, my local club team.  I am new to NWSL so my allegiance lies with USWNT and players I like from that pool. Ash moving AND going to a team with purple as their main color?!?!? Too much!

So I'd mentioned this a few times just as a part of conversation and the Fram got Bert right together.

Orlando City Tee Shirt.
I was blown away. There were tears.

Its been an emotional time for this soccer fan.

Fram be listening. Kudos to Bert with the assist from Fram.
He definitely secured himself a seat at the next dinner party.