"Let's drag out everything dumb we said when we were 18"
I worried about this girl all last week...
You know who I'm talking about - South Carolina Miss Teen America. Why on earth would I worry about her?
Well, let's see...
She's 18 years old, and ridiculed all over America for a dumb answer she gave under pressure.
Clips on Youtube.com portraying the incident have been viewed more than 19,000,000 times. Tons of additional cruel clips have cropped up ridiculing her. Even Subway (the sandwich place) created a commercial that took a cheap shot.
That's the kind of thing that a fragile mind (like most of us possess) could obsess about to the point of paranoia, and really turn into a life defining moment.
You probably remember those moments...good or bad in your life that stayed with you. Often, they're moments we'd like to redo.
But, seldom are there redo's in real life.
So I was tickled to see an interview with her on The Today Show also on YouTube where her situation was handled fairly and with compassion. Click on the image above to start the video in a new window.
She's a smart girl with a great future...and a healthy perspective, I'm glad to say.
Good God! She's 18. I'd hate to be judged on what I did when I was 18...
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