Thursday, May 05, 2005

Once Upon 100 Weddings essay contest

When Houston's WB announced an essay contest to win a trip to Las Vegas to be married in the Once Upon 100 Weddings event during its Centennial Celebration, I decided to try it. We had to submit an essay on why we deserved to win this trip in 100 Words or less.

I started out with a few very corny paragraphs, but had way too many words. I condensed it down to less than 100 words and submitted it. I kept both versions of my essay.

Long version:

Our chemistry defies the nature of reality, and like only perfect combinations, our differences and our similarities are what make us great. A perfect combination because our similarities are what help us to understand each other, and to know exactly what the other needs; and our differences keep us forever curious to know more, and constantly intrigued by what we discover.

Like every person we each have our deepest ambitions locked in our hearts, and as we unlock each one and reveal them to one another, we find that our ambitions are so much the same that it motivates us to take hands, encourage each other, and push forward with so much love and will that it becomes inevitable for our dreams to manifest.

Dayna and I now have a beautiful child together, and uniting in marriage has become our biggest ambition, and our biggest financial challenge. Even if we don’t win this contest, we won’t be deterred from facing every obstacle until we reach that goal.


Condensed version:

Like perfect combinations, our differences and our similarities are what hold us together. Our similarities are what help us understand each other; our differences will keep us forever curious to know more.

We each have ambitions deep inside, and every day, we find that our ambitions are so similar that we are encouraged to hold hands and confidently push toward the future.

We now have a beautiful son, and bringing our new family together in marriage is our greatest ambition and greatest challenge. Even if we can’t take this shortcut, our destination stays the same...and we’re still holding hands.

Like I said, very corny. But we won the contest!