05/10/2026
Operation Lean On Me Non-Profit
Looking up and seeing this… whew.
I can’t even fully put into words what it did to me emotionally.
My life has already been one long emotional roller coaster these past few years — filled with loss, rebuilding, doubt, faith, setbacks, and somehow still finding the strength to keep pushing forward for everybody else.
But yesterday… yesterday felt different.
It felt like one of those moments where life makes you stop for just a second. Like that inhale and exhale at the very top of the hill before the big drop… where everything slows down long enough for you to realize:
“Maybe I really am getting somewhere.”
We got thrown to the wolves yesterday with not one stand… but TWO stands on our very first rodeo operating under us through those doors.
And truthfully? I was terrified.
I was nervous we wouldn’t keep up. Nervous I would let people down. Nervous because I carry the weight of wanting everything connected to to succeed so badly.
But then I looked around.
And I seen people SHOW UP.
People running, helping, learning, sweating, encouraging each other, figuring it out together in real time.
To every single volunteer who stood beside us yesterday — thank you from the bottom of my heart. You may never understand how much your presence meant to me.
And to my partner James P. Campbell… thank you for always believing we can build something bigger and for helping bring in people who match the vision and energy.
I wish we had one huge photo with everybody because yesterday was more than volunteering to me.
It felt like proof.
Proof that maybe all the sleepless nights, sacrifices, stress, tears, overthinking, and constant fighting to keep going are starting to turn into something real.
We were exhausted. Mentally. Physically. Emotionally.
But deep down… I know good things are coming.
And for the first time in a long time, I allowed myself to really feel proud of how far we’ve come. ❤️
James P Campbell
