So Sundays have officially become one of my favorite days of the week. It was on Sunday, November 22nd that I achieved my dream of becoming Miss Massachusetts USA and ever since I have had some wonderful Sunday memories! Today was definitely one of my favorite!
This week is the big Team Boston Muscular Dystrophy Event at the Boston Fairmont and I have been lucky enough to have been paired up with a buddy of my own! Today I decided to spoil my buddy Emma and get her all ready for the event! I knew it would be a wonderful day, but little did I know it would be one of my very favorite to date as Miss Massachusetts. The day started off early, as I bundled up to head out to Milton, MA to meet Emma and her amazing dad Chris. We caught up for awhile and then Chris decided to give us some girl time, since Emma loves her girl time :) Emma and I went to get manicures at her favorite salon so she would feel beautiful and all ready for the big event Tuesday. Emma is a very stylish girl and decided to go with a gold sparkly polish that would match her beautiful black dress and headband she plans to wear to the gala. Emma and I had such a blast getting our nails done and chatted non stop, becoming instant friends!
After our manicures Emma and I weren't ready to say goodbye just yet, so she decided to take me to her favorite lunch place. Emma's favorite foods are clam chowder and mac & cheese and she claimed this spot had the best of both, and boy was she right! :) Her dad, Emma and I set off to the cozy restaraunt and I was so happy to get some more time with her.
After we ordered Emma gave me one of my favorite presents I have ever received! It was a beautiful picture of her & I on stage the night of my pageant, with a message written around it that said "Love, Emma." I love it so much and it brought back such wonderful memories. I then told Emma I had a present for her and gave her a little pink box with a necklace with her initial to wear to the gala. Pink is her favorite color so she was very excited!
During lunch, Aaron called and wanted to say hi to Emma too. Being the adorable outgoing girl she is she immediately grabbed the phone and said, "Hi Aaron! This is Emma! Can't wait to meet you Tuesday. Could you please bring me a baseball bat?!" It made me laugh because she is just the sweetest thing ever! She's not afraid to let you know what she wants and I love that about her! Her dad and I exchanged a smile as Aaron told her of course he would!
After the talk and the lunch, Emma insisted that she wanted to get a present for Aaron too. Because that is just the sweet girl Emma is, always wanting to give more than receive. She then took me across the street to her favorite cookie shop where she picked out a Boston Red Sox teddy bear cookie and asked the shop owner to put Aaron's number on the back in frosting. Everyone in Emma's town knows and loves her so they said absolutely! I promised Emma I'd give the cookie to Aaron right away and she beamed with joy.
I learned a lot of things about Emma today. She loves the color pink, glittery nail polish, horseback riding, arts and crafts, museums, marilyn monroe (she dressed up as her for Halloween), ginger bread houses, chinese food and disney movies. But beyond this I learned some deeper things about her as well. She comes from the most loving, supportive, proud parents a girl could ask for, she is one of the most intelligent people I know and she has the biggest most genuine heart and smile a girl could ask for! As we headed out of the cookie shop she held my hand and gave me a HUGE hug, she made me promise after the event next week to take her to see The Princess and The Frog and get a huge tub of popcorn! Emma is very easy to please and I promised her we would have many more adventures together this year! Being Miss Massachusetts affords me many opportunities, but my friendship with Emma and her family is one I know I will cherish the most! I look forward to many more memorable Sundays to come!
Lacey
xoxoxo
