by Katharine Trauger, Miss July 2018

Fear. It grips us. We can feel it in our bones. Smell it. Sometimes, even, others can smell it on us. It cripples, paralyzes, and robs us. It causes us to miss out, to fall back, to give up.

We can be talented, cheery, sharp, and brilliant. We really can.

If we don’t “chicken out” . . .READ MORE