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| Subject: I will be at the Miss Maine USA Pageant this weekend and look forward to it!! | |
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] Date Posted: 21:23:53 11/20/08 Thu Hello to you all...It's been awhile since I have ventured another board as I try to stay out of any type of drama and just keeping to myself these days... I heard that there was a post on here saying I wasn't going to be shooting this years pageant do to a death in the family or something like that...... I would just like to clear up a few things... Unfortunately there was a recent death and it was one of my very good friends...His name was Ed Szalajeski and he was also a professional photographer....It's been a very emotional week for me as he was 38 years old leaving behind a beautiful wife and 6 year old son...He went into the hospital for a hear operation and a day later was gone due to complications...It hits home to me due to health problems I have gone through with a bout with colon cancer...I am proud to say that I am almost 5 years in remission!! I would just like to say to everyone that comes to this board or any other board...Life is what you make it...Life is short...Why not enjoy the time you are here rather than spend time trashing somebody you might not even know.... I am not pointing any fingers at anyone, I am not putting this board down and I am typing this with a very soft spoken tone....I hope nothing I am saying is going to be taken out of text.... I guess you guys are catching me in an emotional time I am having and can't express enough to you that I think it would be great to see you all praise people for something they do or did rather than dwell on something somebody has done that is not good... I will be the first to admit..I am not perfect...On that note..None of us are... I ask that next time you sit down and feel yourself about to trash somebody...Please think about how this is somebody's child, mother or human being... It doesn't do any good pointing a finger at anyone.... It only adds fuel the fire...If I have ever done this to any of you..I apologize....We all change and are in different places than each other... If you see a girl at the pageant this weekend that you don't think did a great job...Instead of saying that...Applaud the fact she did her best or had the courage to do the pageant..It's true what somebody wrote in another post...Some of these girls are doing this for confidence or just trying to know what it feels like to be a beauty queen for a few days and best yet...Make new friends... Thank you for those who read this post...My heart goes out to these girls for trying...Some have been doing it for years...Some have not...In the end..Hopefully...They had fun...I always do!! Make sure to come up and say hi to me...If you don't know me..Introduce yourself as my goal in life is to make a new friend a day. Have fun everybody!! This is going to be the Best pageant Maine has seen in a long time!! Mackenzie has stepped up her game, has the right people in place and the Eastland is gonna be the place to be this weekend!! To Avery and Kaetlin!!...You guys rock and did a great job as well as made Maine proud of you!! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |