Le Firework

Ever feel like a plastic bag, drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? Well, for the last few weeks of my life, that was an inevitble situation. Im going to take a moment to show all of you that ANYTHING in this world is possible.

All of my life, I have known that there was something very special inside of me, and I wanted to share it with the world. Ever since I can remember, I have dreamed of being on stage, whether it was in drag, playing music, making people laugh, doing anything I could to bring a smile to someone's  face and a warmth in their life. I have always known that I had something to share, and that no matter what, I was going to do it.

Recently, A lot of that shining light had been shadowed due to some major life altering events in my life. As Most of you already know, I got a dui earlier this year, lost my father, lost my job and then lost my house. All the while, I have kept positive, because I knew that on the the other side of this hurricane was a rainobow. Up until the last few weeks, that rainbow was very very bleak. On October 28th, things started to come into focus.

On that very day, I was sitting in court nervously awaiting the judgement that I would be handed. It could have ranged anywhere from losing my liscense for a year, to a year in jail. My attorney had written an amazing letter about me to the states attorney and unknown to me, there was a meeting held: Including the states attorney, the prosecutetor, my arresting officer and my attorney. There, they all agreed to reduce my charge to a reckless driving. So, my attorney was told to keep quiet until the day of my trial. As I stood there and received my judgement, I realized that I had been given a second chance. A scond chance to make the impact on the world that i wanted AND a second chance to get myself in a good place. I was also sentenced to 75 hours of treatment and 1 year of aftercare. No biggie.

So, two weeks later, since I had lost my real job, and was running out of money, to go back to Atlanta. I sold all of my furniture, half of my wardrobe, and most of my personal belongings. I was ready to go. But, divine intervention had another plan. In the next 24 hours my life would change. Forever. It all started with my friend, Liz, and Katy Perry. Liz had asked me to stay an extra two days to go with her to court for her custody battle with her soon to be ex-husband. I had NO IDEA how much this decision would change my life. I agreed, and chanegd my ticket. Again. Mind you, the first ticket I had gotten was denied due to not having any seats left on the plane. Again, divine intervention. So, the night before court, I met an amazing friend who literally shook up my head and said what are you doing???? Why are you running and where are you running to? Remember, no matter where you ago, there you are. That night, Liz also came home and immediately put on a music video and said, I heard this song, and instantly thought of you. So, I sat there, mesmerized and listened. Word for word. That song, was Firework. By Katy Perry. That night, my light was ignited. The next day, we had a devastaing blow. Liz lost her custody battle to a convicted child molester, her ex-husband. It was all over the news, the papers, and we couldnt hide from it. I truly hope there is justice in this world, and the appeal will overturn the ruling. For me, it was a catlyst in pushing me to do things I have never done before. I have had that song on repeat for four days now. I cant tell you the impact that it has made on me.

So, I started looking for treatment centers, found one, got accepted and will be starting in 1 week. After treatment is done, I will be attending Second City., which is an acting school here in Chicago. Many famnous names have come from this school. I want to encourage all of you, no matter how dark the sky, ignite the light and let it shine. For you all Firworks in our amazing show.