“I feel like I can be my true self whenever I am doing anything related to the band. I think my younger self would have pictured more of the 4-H and FFA, ag based stuff, but I would say and hope that my younger self would be happy with the life I have lived so far. Whenever I was in middle school I never would have imagined or thought that the band would be the place I’d feel most comfortable. If I could now give my younger self advice, I would say to just keep trying and that it will get better eventually even if you don’t think it will. I seriously promise that it will. If I had to say one thing I am most proud of myself for, I would say I am most proud of my resilience. I keep trying even when I don’t really want to.”
