Our Today Show Dream! …. so close!
Dreaming, Our Dreams //
If you have been following along with us from day one of our business, (I know, that is a long time!) you know that we have this dream to be on the Today Show! Over the past few years, every time we write out our goals- there is something to do with being on the Today Show included. Those goals/dreams have evolved from wanting to be a producer, to shooting the Today Show wedding (which I am pretty sure they don’t do anymore ;( ), to most recently, sharing a super fun and easy Thanksgiving centerpiece idea!
A few weeks ago we saw that The Today Show was in search for Thanksgiving Centerpiece ideas. We figured we could whip something up and send them a photo… so we did just that. At the very last minute when the deadline for submissions was about 10 minutes away, we sent them a photo of our centerpiece. Let me tell you, at the time, my stomach was in knots. I was excited, nervous, doubtful, yet incredibly hopeful! I was thinking, “what are we thinking?!?” and then the next moment I was thinking “this could be our chance to be on The Today Show!” I was dreaming out loud and it was such a crazy feeling.
We really didn’t have anything to lose… but for some reason I delayed actually taking the action to submit the photo. I was so nervous about it for some reason! Honestly, it took me back to the days of starting our business. It was scary.
We hit submit…. And then I held my phone close praying that the Today Show would call immediately. Haha. It didn’t quite happen like that. The timetable was short, so we knew that if we heard from them we would hear within a few days. Every time my phone rang, that knot in my stomach came back. My heart would skip a beat. Every time I answered the phone… it was not the Today Show! Haha. Seriously, I was at the mall with Ryan and saw NY pop up on my phone and I literally screamed. ;) When I answered… it was the wrong number. :( lol.
HOWEVER, a few short days later, at the point that I actually started to come to the realization that it just wasn’t our time to be on The Today Show, we received a call. We were in the car on our way to NC when NY popped up on my phone again. I was driving, so Ryan picked it up. When he said it was NY, once again, my heart started beating faster. He answered and about 10 seconds into the call made it clear that THE TODAY SHOW was on the line!!! ;) AHHHH! ;) Seriously- how amazing is that?!?! They told us that we were in the Top 5 Finalists and that they would let us know by the next day if we made it to the Top 3 and would be invited to the show. Ohh my word!!… yes, there was a lot of screaming going on! I probably should not have been driving at that point! ;) I just couldn’t believe that we were so close and there was a chance that our dream could actually become a reality. Very Soon!
Unfortunately, we received an email from a producer the next day stating that they chose “a different direction” for the segment. Yes, a part of me wanted to cry. But, over the next few days a lot became rather clear to us! This was definitely a teachable moment that God had planned for us! ;) Among other realizations, it taught us that, yes, honestly, you can do anything that you put your mind to! We were so so so close- and that little tease just made us more and more confident that one day (if it is meant to be and the timing is right) we will make our way to The Today Show.
