I have to say, sometimes you just can't express, in words, the awesomeness that God shows us. Sometimes it is just like he opens up the spigot of blessings and lets them fall all around us.
Last week and this week, it seems that He has done just that.
CASA has been blessed with some wonderful support from a great number of people and organizations in our community. It is almost beyond my ability to comprehend the hearts that our area's residents have. Just overwhelming and amazing.
To top it all off, I got a message today from a friend from home who I worked with on the Miss Texas County Pageant Board a number of years ago. She said that all of a sudden she had read my blog and it dawned on her that I was at CASA. Why does this matter, you may ask? Because...Miss Texas County's platform this year is in support of CASA and its mission: our children! What an amazing coincidence. Now, I don't even believe in coincidences, since all things happen for a reason. So, growing up in Houston, having Shari and her family as close friends, serving on the board with her, keeping in touch all these years, going to work at CASA, Shelby Ringdahl coming to Houston, MO to be in the pageant - and winning, these things aren't coincidences...these are things going the way they were meant to go.
So, long story short...I personally am hopeful that we have the next Miss Missouri America coming out of our humble small town of Houston, MO. I am also very thankful that Ms. Shelby has selected our organization, CASA, as one that is close to her heart.
Did I mention that she is a Kappa Alpah Theta at TCU? Um, I am not familiar with a lot of sororities, but I DO know that my best friend Trish is a KAT from Ole Miss and that they support CASA on a nationwide scale. Seriously!? I know of ONE sorority really well. What are the odds?
So, hopefully, we will be able to partner with Ms. Ringdahl in the near future, share with her what OUR CASA's are doing here in Missouri, tell her about the great impact our advocates are having on the lives of children in our area, and then...welcome her back to Southwest Missouri in June as the new Miss Missouri America.
Like I said, I don't believe in coincidences...but I won't ever stand in the way of that which is just meant to be.
Good luck Shelby! Let us know how we can be of support to you and THANK YOU for being a voice for us and the children we serve!
Peace
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