we won the SILVER!

we had quite the exciting day on wednesday. last month, makenna won the right to represent the 1st grade from cypress christian school (among several other christian schools) at the ACSI regional speech meet held here in houston. well, she won the silver! i got to sit in on her competition and she did soooo well - she had to recite a poem (not really a speech) called "the ice cream man". it was so cute! the girl who won was freakishly good - in fact, i think they should have carded her at the door - she may have been 14. :) anyway, after the awards ceremony, makenna and i congratulated the winner and told her she did a great job. she told makenna she did too - it was so sweet! i told her that there are times when you feel great about your performance and know it was the best you could do and the judges don't necessarily agree with you... and then there will be times when you think you did just terrible and aren't happy with your performance and the judges think it's just the best thing they've ever heard. you never can tell! all you can do is your best and pray that God will use the outcome to His glory! and i believe that's what He did! humility is a lesson best learned young. as far as i know, there aren't any further competitions (as far as the speech meet is concerned!) and makenna got to wear her silver medal to school today to show her friends that she represented them well :) i love that kid!