Happy Thanksgiving!
Hi and Happy Thanksgiving/ Fall/ Eat a lot of food/Have crazy family times Day!!! haha.
Aren’t holidays just amazing? I love the chaos and the funny quotes from Grandma that we’ll never forget (and should write a book about..=0), the full house of family and friends, the REALLY good food for the day and as long as leftovers last… the smell of cinnamon and apple candles, laughing until it hurts with your siblings and people you don’t see often enough… and mostly I love a holiday that very obviously reminds us….to be….thankful. I am not as thankful as I should be, because really life is so good, I should be brimming with it!
Well, we just finished up the Rock What You Got Tour about a week ago! It was with Starlit Platoon, Article One, Stellar Kart and us. Really fun tour! Cool guys in all those bands, and it’s always great to get to know the people behind the songs on the radio. It was about 30ish dates, and we had some really fun shows! I must admit, by the end I was missing home and hubby and how beautiful Nashville is in the Fall soooo much, I couldn’t wait to get home!
I got married August 17th this year, so I’m definitely a newlywed. My husband plays with Thousand Foot Krutch, and so we sort of have the same schedule (which is nice that we’re both leaving an empty house, not each other). So this year the family is coming here to our new house, for our first Thanksgiving together! So much fun! I might be able to guess a question in your minds… and no, I am not the only cook or the main cook, or really even deserving of the title cook at all. haha. I’m not great yet. My sister Melissa, she’s pretty great and will be doing the turkey work on her own… with all of us gathering to sniff here and there… I think I’m being trusted with a green bean casserole (a favorite recipe of Mom’s), and let’s be honest, can you really screw up green beans?! My favorite things to eat Thanksgiving are my mom’s sweet potatoes (aaaaamazing) and my Grandma’s homemade dumplins… oh my gosh. Both from the land of Amazing, if such a place exists!
Now that I’m off tour a while, this winter I’m back to work on my book, Beauty from Pain… still collecting stories for it, sifting through the great stories I’ve already had sent to me. I’m so excited to finish this project and to share the stories of God’s grace and faithfulness and healing in your lives and mine… we all need to know we are not alone. We all need a bit of hope handed to us from time to time, when it feels ours is dwindling. I’ll be meeting with publishers soon. Please still send your stories if you haven’t, or resend if you want to be sure I get it. =) I’d love to hear from you! I opened a new email address just for it… send your stories here: [email protected].
Always on Thanksgiving and Christmas, I find myself being very introspective; I look back and think about where I was last year, the year before… how I’ve changed, how life’s changed around me… These times can hurt, remembering things we’ve lost or had to walk away from that are missed, and then can be such an amazing example of God’s grace, bringing us through times we are so thankful are gone.
I love minutes that feel like a Polaroid snapshot, where we catch ourselves looking at the people around us, parents, siblings, grandparents, friends, aunts, uncles and cousins – people who have grown up with us, lived life with us, loved us through our highest, shining moments and through our barely making it by moments. This is family. This is love. This is what life is all about. We won’t always have each other. Life is precious and short and so unsure.
So live to the full, be in THIS moment. Not texting someone far away or thinking of what’s next or where you’d rather be. Give the gift of you to the people in your life. It’s the best and most precious gift you could give this holiday season. Time. Love. Can’t be bought or sold. Priceless.
“Everybody dies, but not everyone lives..”
Happy Thanksgiving friends!
Happy belated Thanksgiving to you; I hope it was a good one! Tricia, you are a great writer and I really look forward to reading the book that you are putting together/writing. I hope your meeting goes well with the publishers. Oh, by the way, CONGRATULATIONS on your marriage! Best wishes to you both! =)
Comment by canadian*girl — 11/30/2008 @ 5:41 pm
HEY!! I LOVE YOUR SONGS AND THEIR SO COOL!! AT THANKSGIVEING I SAW MY OLDEST BROTHER SINCE IN 3 YEARS!! YHA THATS SAD!! WELL MY MOM DIED IN OCTOBER 04 AND WELL ITS BEEN HARD BUT IM GETING THROUGH IT! IM 14 AND WELL THAT ABOUT IT!! LOVE YA GUYS!!!!!
Comment by tiffani painter — 12/3/2008 @ 11:38 am
Dear Superchick gang,
I hope you have a very Merry Christmas! I love your music. I am so grateful for the image your setting towards young girls. You mean so much to me and my family. Keep up the good work! I am loking forward to your new album.
Your friend
Allison
Comment by Ally101 — 12/5/2008 @ 2:51 pm
Dear Superchick gang,
I absolutely love your music. My uncle brought us a CD with one of your songs on it (Stand in the Rain), and I fell in love with it right away. A lot of my friends love it too. But I must say my favorite song by you is Hey Hey. It is literally my theme song. Another one that could be my theme song would be One Girl Revolution.
And also, congrats on the marriage. I’m so happy for you, Tricia. And thank you (ALL of you, Superchick people) for your wonderful music!
God Bless You,
Jade
P.S. ‘Why kiss the feet of the people who kick you, when you can be anything that you want to?’ So true! =3
Comment by Jade — 12/9/2008 @ 5:23 pm
Yeah Thanksgiving is pretty awesome, isn’t it? but omg i think i gained 20 pounds! five just from smelling it and the other 15 from eating it. lol! well, i have to say that you all rocked mah socks off during your tour. I got to see you at youthquake in tennessee and it was so amazin! you guys were my favs there! tell all the other guys that went on tour with you that they rocked the house too!
your #1 fan,
Berkeley!
Comment by Berkeley — 12/13/2008 @ 7:19 pm
Thank you Superchick!
I discovered you this past summer at Soulfest 08! You were my favorite band and I couldn’t wait to get on Amazon and buy all your back CDs. You put on an AMAZING stage show!! I must say, all your CDs have been great and your music keeps getting better. Thank you for that!! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and time with family and friends.
I have to ask… is Superchick planning on Soulfest 09?? I would love to see you again in NH. Love and Happiness — Strolln
Comment by Strollnjolin — 12/14/2008 @ 6:55 am
Dear superchick peaps,
You guys are awesome and i cant wait till you come to Beaumont TX!! It will be the first time i have ever seen ya’ll in concert!! i LOVE your song “Princes and Frogs”! My friend Emma and i made a youth group calle “Princes and Frogs”, we talk about how to stay pure. You ya’lls song is our theme song=D!!!! My favorite song on your new cd is “Hey, hey” its my ringtone and my ringback tone is “Hero”!!! Ok well I love ya’ll!!!;]
Madison La Rue
age 14
Beaumont Texas
P.S. Im your biggest fan here!!!
Comment by Madison La Rue — 12/29/2008 @ 8:21 pm
hey superchick,
You all rock my world so much, thanks for being such a cool band….any way I had so much fun over the holidays.
For the new years my family and I all went to our church to hang out with everyone. we did so much. and I aet so much I thoght I was going to throgh-up lol. In the morning my body hurt. THE HOLIDAYS ARE SO MUCH FUN!!!!
-Kayla a very cool fan of yours.
Comment by kayla — 1/2/2009 @ 1:58 am
Hey Trisha,
Im Bailey. Im 12, and i love you music!! The piano in the beggining oh Hold is amazing! I really want to see you guys in concert, so i keep an eye out. Well, hopefully see you in person someday!-Bailey
Comment by Bailey — 1/22/2009 @ 7:11 pm
P.S. Congrats on te wedding!!
Comment by Bailey — 1/22/2009 @ 7:12 pm
hey i saw yall in beaumont texas at hot hearts this past weekend. yall were awesome. i loved the songs that yall paid. keep rocking on!!
Comment by Kaneshia — 1/26/2009 @ 8:00 am
hey trisha! first of all, congratulations on your marriage! its also great that you wrote a book. you must be a great writer! (by the way, i love your hair! its rockin’!)
Comment by lauren — 1/31/2009 @ 1:17 pm
Okay, so i absolutely LOVE u guys! I’m 14 and u guys r among my all time favorite bands. The first song that i heard by u guys, was Hero, about a year ago. This song actually helped me through a few things that happened this year: my 2 best friends were suicidal, but i helped them through it and i found strength in the song; also, my other friend killed himself. I listened to this song nonstop for a couple weeks whenever i needed to think about it and cry. Thank you and keep it up with the great songs!
God Bless,
Nicole
Comment by nicole — 7/20/2009 @ 8:00 pm
hey, by the way, if you guys are ever in need of a guitar player, u can count on me. my e-mail is [email protected]. It is, like, a dream i have to play with you guys.
Thank you and God Bless,
Nicole, 14
Comment by nicole — 7/20/2009 @ 8:07 pm
Hey Superchick gang I love your music and I was wondering if I could use the songs Courage and Beauty from Painto enter a contest for school it’s cool if that is not ok
hope you email me back
love Sadie
Comment by Sadie Ismay — 9/15/2009 @ 8:08 pm