My Answer is WORLD PEACE!

With news that Carrie Prejean was "fired" from her reign as Miss California (supposedly because of her personal views on gay marriage) brought a memory to mind from my own past. When I was a teen I got an invitation in the mail to be a part of the Miss Teen Arkansas pageant....boy was I flattered!!! I didn't realize at the time they sent these notices to anyone and everyone! I had never done the beauty pageant thing -- so it was all new to me and I thought what the heck maybe it will be a lot of fun.


So I gathered my sponsors for the entry fee and then came the time to check in the hotel for the pageant. Boy, were my eyes opened fast!!! I shared a room with two other girls from somewhere in southern Arkansas who brought along thier "pageant moms" can we say scary!!! I had never seen moms act that way with their kids much less moms taking abuse by a smart mouth girl who wanted desperately to be Miss Teen Arkansas. Can we say I just didn't fit in but decided to go along for the ride anyway.


First we all had to go down and work on dance numbers for the opening and closing acts, then run through the introduction --- "I'm Connie from Little Rock." Then we had pictures made in this outfit and that outfit and then another outfit, etc., etc. But the moment that really stands out to me is the interview.....remember this was my very first pageant......I didn't know the girls were coached in what to say. So I was totally honest in my answers and stated exactly what I believed, etc. In other words, I wasn't "pageantry correct."


In the interview section they move you from room to room to answer the judges' questions. One question that was asked of me was "What do you want to do with your life?" Ok, so I wasn't prepped to say, "Oh I want to solve the worlds problems and bring about world peace." No, my answer was "I want to be the kool-aid mom." I think this shocked the interviewer somewhat and I am sure it was a unique answer. So he said please elaborate on that.....and my reply, you know, I want to be a mom and have all the neighborhood kids coming to my backyard to play. I want lots of kids and being a mom is important. This certainly wasn't the answer they expected or wanted. Because the interviewer proceeded to ask me questions about why I didn't focus on a life long career instead of focusing all my energy into being the "kool-aid" mom. Needless to say in the end I was eliminated in the first round!!!! Yep, no top 10 for me.....however, one of my roomies made it to the top 10....probably due to her pageant mom coaching her on interview questions.

Sad part is due to a divorce I didn't get to be the kool-aid mom afterall....I juggled my daughter with work and school ..... maybe now that I have a second chance to be a mom again (with my 5 year son, Caleb) I will get to be a kool-aid mom for his friends......and then again, maybe kool-aid mom is a little overrated....

For now the doctor is out........contemplating her part in solving the worlds problems to bring about world peace...hmmmmm