Goodbyes...

I've been hearing that they are canceling Ugly Betty,
well, rumor or not, I'm going to post something Betty had on her Blog from the last episode...

"I've had to say goobye more times than I've liked,
and no matter how many times we do it, even when its for the greater good,
it still stings. And though we'll never forget what we've given up,
we owe it to ourselves to keep moving forward.
What we can't do is live our lives always afraid of the next goodbye,
because chances are... they're not going to stop.
The trick is to recognize that a goodbye can be a good thing...
when its a chance to start again."


This is true. Sometimes, good byes are a good thing...
sometimes we have to say good bye and move on to find new and better things in our life. We can take from these experiences and learn for the next experience in our life.

But sometimes, a goodbye is more of a see you later. Sometimes you have to say goodbye for a while, and sometimes those goodbyes show you that what you really wanted and needed was the exact thing you said goodbye to...

This Is It.

Dancing Inmates - Michael Jackson's This Is It @ Yahoo! Video

I thought this was pretty neat. [:

My First Post. [:

So, I'm new to this whole "Blogging" thing,

I hope I'm not TOO bad at it. ;]

Where to start....

My name is Danelle Cook, and I am Miss Teen Oklahoma International 2010. Im pretty proud of it. (: I am almost finished with my senior year of High School, and plan on attending OSU next fall. Go Pokes! I trained for modeling at John Casablancas... good training... not so good at pushing you onto the next step in my personal opinion. Oh well. I competed in my first pageant in June 2007, and fell in love.

Personal stuff:: My daddy died in September 2005 to prostate cancer that he struggled with for three years. He was a vietnam veteran. I am so proud to call him my Daddy. I am verrrrrrryyyy close to my brother, Jeremy, and his wife and daughter. It's just me and my mom in the house, but I'm okay with that. (:

My platform is something very close to my heart. It is "Depression and Suicide Awareness and Prevention." I suffered with mild depression after losing my father, and have seen the many, MANY effects of depression in our society. Suicide is the THIRD leading cause of death in the US between the ages of 18-24. The number one cause of suicide is untreated depression. Depression can also lead to other things, such as self injury and addiction. We live in a difficult world, a broken world, but as it says in the mission statement for To Write Love on Her Arms, "... Everyone can relate to pain, that all of us live with questions, and all of us get stuck in moments. You need to know you're not alone in the places you feel stuck." The first step to recovery is to seek help, but sometimes that is the hardest step to take. My goal as Miss Teen Oklahoma International, and hopefully Miss Teen International, is to let people know that they are not alone, that there is a way out. To let them know that help is available, all they have to do is ask.

Well, I guess that's all folks. [;

I am available for appearances. Simply email me at Nelleh09@sbcglobal.net

And remember, don't give up. [:

--Nell