Oprah's Big Give

I know that Oprah is doing her Big Give so tonight as I was flipping through the channels I stumbled across her show. As they were showing the contestants of her Big Give I immediately recognized a very familiar face. I say, "NO WAY! She's on Oprah?!"

My husband, chatting on the phone with his brother is all, "Who?" I tell her who it is and he says, "Sure, you think everyone you see on TV looks like someone from high school". No, this time I was one hundred percent sure that I KNEW who this was.

Brandi Milloy and I went to the same high school in AZ. We were never friends and unfortunately, the last words we said to each other weren't those of kindness. Her "friend" told me a really dumb rumor, which I didn't believe and in turn I opened my big mouth and asked her good friends who were in my English class. These "good friends" thought I was talking trash, who then told Brandi and she confronted me. As she confronts me behind her are three girls; two were her good friends and behind them, the "friend" that told me the rumor. As Brandi asks me about this rumor the look on her "friend"'s face was one of fear. I give her "friend" one look and don't tell Brandi where I had heard this rumor. I don't recall her saying anything awfully mean to me, nor do I remember saying anything real mean to her (I don't remember the whole confrontation, just little tidbits). We went our ways and I never talked with her again.

While she was running for Miss Sierra Vista after high school, I was getting married. The year she won Miss Sierra Vista, I was having Courtney. While she's winning all these beauty pageants, I was being a house wife and popping out babies.

Even though our last words weren't kind, I wish her the best and am proud that she made it to Oprah's Big Give! How neat that must be for her. We've both made huge accomplishments in life, though hers are more recognizable. She's won several contests and has done many things from winning Miss SV and her other pageants. I've won the man of my life, the children of my heart and have done many things too (like cooking, cleaning, laundry, wiping off faces and tears). Life takes us in different, but amazing directions.

Good luck Brandi! I hope you win Oprah's Big Give!