A Little Dream To Dream

OF COURSE!!! So I had to go and put the word out about my Make-Out challenge last week and whaddaya know??? I’ve been on my back ever since.
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Oh now COME ON . . . you didn’t really think I was about to get that juicy did you? I said MAKE-OUT challenge - not Sex & The City 2. Anyhoo - my back just up and quit on me! So . . . sing it with me now . . . “three French hens, two visits to Jay Cranford, one rainy trek to Ortho Georgia, and a Karen Walker sized bag ‘o pills” . . . later I’m feeling a wee bit better. A champagne Toast to Cindy(Poe), Karen (Musolf), & an unnamed daffodil delivery person(?), not to mention all the calls that kept my spirits up (as much as could be expected) . . . and who are we (me and me angels) Toasting?
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Why Susan Boyle . . . that’s who. Bawl, smile, bawl.
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The Toast of my week, perhaps even my year, who knows (?), came in the form of a text message - “Google Susan Boyle” it read.
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And as I watched the judges hide their smiles behind folded paper and the audience members lean in to one another when Susan announced her dream – I already had huge tears rolling down my cheeks . . . “I want to be a professional singer” she said . . . and the audience mocked her as the huge salty drops poured down my face in a gully washing torrent. I wanted to hug her.
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. . . Even without Susan’s caterpillar eyebrows, black pantyhose and white pumps – I know what it’s like to be underestimated and snickered at. Having overheard whispers about my date to an event “he’s gorgeous – how did SHE get HIM?” I’ve also been asked once or twice how I got invited to this party or that party. And I’ve seen the look on certain faces when they ask me “how do YOU know so-and-so?” One day I’ll get the courage to answer them as I’d like to.
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(insert cheeky comment in regards to superficiality and the host/date/friend's impeccable taste here) . . .
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And then when Susan Boyle opened her Elaine Paige adoring mouth and sang . . . my vicarious joy was beyond description.
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I think that Susan has something to teach all of us. Here is this beautiful voice and sweet soul . . . wrapped up in a frizzy-haired, frumpy-bodied, can’t- make-her-sentences-come-out-right package. Can you imagine how many people have walked right by her during the “nearly 48” years she’s lived. Sometimes the sweetest gifts hide themselves in the most uncommon places. If someone is brave enough to stand in front of you and show you their soul, give them every bit of the absolutely undivided and enthusiastically optimistic attention they deserve. And never - never - dismiss anyone.
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And did you see her face? Can’t you just imagine what it felt like as she watched her dream come true? I can. A few days ago, one of my dreams got just close enough to give me a Butterfly Kiss goodnight. The size of the dream doesn’t really matter. Big or small – a dream is a dream. And what if they tell you that it will never happen? What if they lean back in their chairs and look bored? Maybe they’ll even turn their head the other way and roll their eyes.
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Remember the words of (Judge) Amanda Holden:
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“I know that everybody was against you. I honestly think that we were all being very cynical. And I think that’s the biggest wake-up call ever.”


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(Ooh girl, it is SO) Hot This Week . . .


Thirsty Thursday hosted by NewTown MaconThe Patio behind The Hummingbird


Thursday, April 16 from 5 – 7p


FIRED WORKS pottery show & sale, April 17th -26th @ The Round Building in Central City Park


HBO’s “Grey Gardens” Saturday, April 18th @ 8pmThe Riches to Rags story of Jackie O’s aunt & cousin who lost it all. Starring Drew Barrymore & Jessica Lange.


Second (Oops) Third Sunday


Save The Date . . .


The Junior League of Macon's "Le Tour"


Historic Macon’s PARTY OF THE YEAR April 25th This year’s theme is “The Jazz Age.” Flappers & Gangsters, baby! The old Karsten Denson hardware store will become a 1920’s Speakeasy for the night.


Moondance 2009 Presented by Friends of the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail, May 8th @ 7pm Hors d’oeuvres, Music & entertainment Tickets: $50, $40 for Friends of the Trail. For Tickets call: 722-9909