Looking at that photo today, I feel overwhelming gratitude. I was only 6 months old when my 17-year-old mother took me to see the ocean for the first time. In that image, you see just me as a baby at the beach – pure innocence, hope, and love captured in a single moment.
That little girl had no idea what was coming. But she also had no idea how strong she would become.
Today, I’m alive. I’m loved – not just by my incredible mother, but by my wife, my mentor Josh Johnson, my father who raised me, and so many beautiful souls who have entered and left my life, each leaving precious lessons.
This is the story of how that innocent baby became the woman writing these words today.