Mission, those were incredibly kind words and I can't thank you enough for that.

And getting to that point where we were able to build something was a long and arduous

journey that I think a lot of people are going to be able to relate to because it started

from a place of absolute terror.

And growing up, I didn't show any early signs of promise, a little embarrassing to put

these photos up.

I wish these photos were atypical, but in reality, that is what I look like pretty much

all the time.

I always had some sort of clown hat on.

I actually wore my pajamas out and about on the streets.

That's San Francisco.

Yeah, that was really where I started and wanting to do something with my life.

I had this unending ease that I could do more, I could be more.

I just didn't know how and I felt trapped, but I didn't know what I was trapped by.

And my own mother, who's always been my biggest cheerleader, who all but kicked me out

of the house when I was panicking and didn't want to leave the state for college, was actually

the only person in my graduating class to leave the state wasn't something that people

from Tacoma, Washington did.

You stayed.

You went to a state school.

My mom still lives less than three miles from the house that she grew up in.

So this is not a place where people go off and explore.

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