Monthly Archives: January 2018
Continuing from Pageant Series, Part 1: Intro to the Miss America Organization Exactly eight years ago, I was standing onstage during the Miss America Pageant, live on national television, when they called my name into the top 15. (We’ll ignore the fact that at time of writing, I’m eating Nutella on my couch while my two dogs are begging for a bite). By the end of the night, Caressa Cameron, Miss Virginia, was crowned Miss America amidst thunderous applause and drifting confetti. What is most unfortunate for the television audience is that they don’t…
I thought I’d share a little something I found particularly interesting as of late, regarding the power of the energies we put out in the world. I’ve made an effort in the past 10 years to write down my goals. Some goals are much easier to write than others, because I find that when they’re written in pen, it’s so much more permanent. Then if I fail or get derailed, it’s so much harder to go back to that goal and cross it out or amend it. But I do…
Today, Martin and I are celebrating our second wedding anniversary. In some cases, it feels like the time has flown by; in others, it feels like we’ve been together forever. We met in a motorhome in the middle of Ohio at one of Martin’s races that I was attending with a friend, and at first, we completely wrote each other off because of baseless stereotypes. But the more we interacted over the weekend, the more we clicked. Looking back, we both say that early on in the relationship, there was an uncanny sense of comfort around each other…
