Only a Few More Days...

From shopping, to dancing, to working out, to alterations, to watching the news...the day that I have worked so hard for is almost here. I leave on Sunday for a week that will change my life.
I can't believe that in a little more than one week I will be standing on stage to find out who the Top 10, Top 5, and the new Miss Wisconsin will be.
I have waited for this day all my life, however it is not the day that I am so proud to say I will be experiencing instead it is the journey that is about to take place. I've learned that it isn't about the title of being Miss Racine, or Miss Wisconsin, or even Miss America but instead it is what you do with that title.
I know that this next week will be very memorable and I look forward to sharing it with you through my feelings and thoughts that I write. I would like to thank you for the support, encouragement, and love that you have shown me and sent my way. I hope to make you proud. Talk to you soon!

Miss Racine 2007

As a child I loved hearing my mother tell me, "Dreams can come true".
My dream was that of one all little girls once wish for: to be a queen. Little did I know that one day my dream would become reality.
Since being crowned in November, my life has changed completely. I am finding out everything about myself that I thought I knew and am finding out...I truly didn't. I am learning to listen thoroughly to what people have to say and how I can include that lesson learned into my own life. I am seeing that I have to work 10 times as hard as I have ever worked before. I have realized that God has given me the gift of public speaking and making a difference, as typical as it sounds, is my passion.
Most importantly I understand that I have been chosen to experience the opportunity of a lifetime and that to me is breathtaking.
Besides being Miss Racine 2007 I am getting ready to take on a new challenge, and
I invite you to take on a new path with me in the next few months as I journey towards the Miss Wisconsin crown.