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people at that church that my parents were close
friends with and a lot of those people watched after
me in church. Later on in life, I got fascinated with
Bible stories, I learned about how to have faith, I
ended up joining a Sunday School class and learning
interesting stories, and it has had a lifelong effect on
me.
I used to go to the beach every summer. The first few
years of my life when I went to the beach, I used to
have meltdowns whenever we would leave the beach.
As I got older, I learned to tell time so my parents
could give me warnings and I did not have meltdowns
anymore after that. I loved routines rotating between
the ocean, the pool, the lazy river, and hot tub. I
always liked to go back to the pool after dinner for a
few hours. If this did not work out, I often got angry
with my parents. I always wanted to take just one
more swim after supper while on vacation.
My dad was the head basketball coach at Liberty
High School when I was a kid. Whenever I would go
to the games, the athletic director, my mom, or my
grandmother and I would walk around at the games
because I could not sit still. The basketball players
were like big brothers to me. They would come over
and eat with us, study for tests, and play with my toys
and me. I also enjoyed going with my dad to summer
camps.
Liberty High School won the state championship
when I was three years old and again when I was
four years old. I used to love to play with my dad’s
trophies after he won the state championship. My