MissCongeniality
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- Dec 14, 2009
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I could have written this ;) When they announced 2 and we just realized our little black sheep had won...our entire group lost it. It was so far from any expectation and to go through that...in 5th....in 4th....and that moment...You just can't be prepared and the emotion is overwhelming.I'll be the bad guy and say that I have no problem with "early" celebrations. It can be really difficult when EPs set up the award ceremonies up the way they do. These kids put so much of their lives into this. When you have absolutely given all that you have and you aren't one of those teams who is expected to win and even though you know you did enough to win, you'll probably get top 5 because that is just kind of the way things work most of the time, and 5th is called and it isn't you, then 4th, then 3rd, and 10 minutes have already gone by from announcing 10th to 3rd....well quite honestly raw emotion takes over your brain by the time they announce second and it isn't you, well sometimes it really just is something you can't help even though you "know better".
My kids were fortunate enough to be that team and I was that parent. Not something any of us ever have done before, but sometimes there are moments that deserve to be celebrated as they happen, and that was one of them.