Maybe I Was A Pirate In My

I Feel As If I Go To Africa, I May Never Come Back. I'm Just Going To Live With The Animals And Adopt An Elephant, And It's Going To Be My Friend.

I Didn't Take The Typical Path And Go To College After High School. Instead, I Saved Up Money From Teaching Dance Classes And Moved To L.a. But My Family Was So Supportive - I Never Felt Pressure From Them. It's Crucial To Find A Support System, Even If It's Not Your Family.

Raise Your Hand If You’ve Spent Nights Crying Yourself To Sleep, Raise Your Hand If You’ve Felt As If You’d Rather Hide In Bed All Day Than Face The People That Make You Feel Small Or Powerless! Raise Your Hand If You’ve Felt As If You’d Rather Lie To People Than Tell Them The Truth About Who You Really Are, Because At Least You Wouldn’t Be The Victim Of Hateful Behavior Or Prejudice! And Raise Your Hand If Lying Feels Almost As Bad.

Look, We Are Human, We Make Mistakes. I Will Gladly Shout From The Rooftops That I Am Not Perfect. Nor Will I Ever Be.

I Definitely Wasn’t Cool In High School. I Really Wasn’t. I Did Belong To Many Of The Clubs And Was In Leadership On Yearbook And Did The Musical Theater Route, So I Had Friends In All Areas, But I Certainly Did Not Know What To Wear, Did Not Know How To Do My Hair, All Those Things.