*~☆Happy New Year☆~* Long post alert! (SWIPE LEFT to read) 2022 was a crazy rollercoaster ride! Some extreme highs and some very challenging lows. My strength was tested more times than I can count. I started out the year going in the studio. I made great progress in my music, got back out on tour with some amazing band members, wrote a bunch more songs, was featured in Womens Quarterly Magazine, Canvas Rebel Magazine, Nashville Voyager Magazine, KG Magazine, won Country Voice of the Year at the Red Carpet Awards Show in Holland, won the Songwriter Achievement Award for my upcoming single "Enough", I'm a Semi-Finalist at the International Songwriting Competition, I placed top 10 for Fall in the World Songwriting Awards, and was a finalist in the Global Music Awards. It was a year full of love, happiness, success, celebration, gratitude, heartache, dissapointment, faith, and growth. Lots of learning moments to say the least. I will take what I've learned from those experiences, share the knowledge I've gained with others, and keep pushing forward. I won't let it change who I am. I will continue to be myself, and continue to persevere, help, support, elevate, empower, and encourage others, and hopefully inspire some of you as I continue on my journey. Someone once asked me what I'll do when I get to the top. I replied "I'll turn around and help the person behind me". #alyssaruffin #independentartist #highway83records #independentlabel #recordingartist #therufflife #musicandthemission #musicjourney #militarywife #spaceforcewife #awardwinning #nashville #alyssaruffinmusic #RuffinRockets #musician #femalerecordingartist #encourage #empower #elevate #singersongwriter #womeninmusic #femalemusician #newmusic #comingsoon #USSF #SemperSupra #krmrecords #royalrecording #sunshinestudioslive https://www.instagram.com/p/CnCtBZoOysw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=