Posted on May 10, 2022 Leave a Comment
I spend a lot of time without my hair and make up done–99% of the time. 80% of the time, I do not wear make up at all. Like most, I love to be comfortable—appropriate for whatever situation, but comfortable and fully myself. Coming to see the Boyds is HUGE treat. Meredith Boyd is QUEEN […]
Posted on April 30, 2022 Leave a Comment
I am so grateful for the opportunity to go on this trip. A previous High School Spanish student that I taught a decade go contacted me to see if I would be willing and able to go. I was not sure of the logistics, but as soon as I told my husband, he was excited […]
Posted on August 24, 2021 Leave a Comment
I can see the inner world changes appearing in physical differences in my face–my eyes, my smile–and in my body–my posture, my walk. The 2021 pageant was very different than the COVID Judges only pageant of 2020. I enjoyed hearing the audience cheering every time I was on stage. I knew beforehand that it would […]
Posted on July 5, 2021 Leave a Comment
As I have been talking to friends throughout Georgia about competing in the pageant, I have realized that there are a lot of questions about how to get started. I was 32 for my first pageant, and I needed the input of my friend and coach immensely. I read any book I could find, listened […]
Posted on June 24, 2021 Leave a Comment
I have ALWAYS loved singing. As a little girl, I spent hours in my room singing with my Mariah Carey CDs–trying do hard to hit the high notes like she did and express the emotions in all the words. I wrote my own poems and songs, and continued doing that through college–in my room, alone. […]
Posted on May 17, 2021 Leave a Comment
Yesterday was a dream come true, a vision fulfilled. An Evening of GRACE came to life. I find I have so many ideas—so many ways that I want to share beauty and compassion with others and bring people together in unity. I have been blessed with an incredible “new-ish” friend that helped me take one […]
Posted on April 29, 2021 Leave a Comment
It is spring of 2021, and I have begun the process for preparing for the pageant in August. There is just something about the sun coming out and the life that emerges that makes Spring exciting for me. There is a rush of new and renewed energy, and I am feeling all of it! I […]
Posted on September 1, 2020 Leave a Comment
In 2019–I was afraid to be seen. I hid behind my husband. I let him be in the spotlight. I feared someone noticing me, calling me forward, and then being disappointed that they ever had given me a chance. Thankfully–there were people in my life that saw me anyway and continued to call forth the […]