Steve, I remember Miss Cristina's questions. How lovely of you to get this going again.
AS made me get over my fear. I was afraid to excel, afraid not to excel. Fear stopped me from pursuing my dreams. AS gave me a bigger fear - fear that I would not be able to pursue my dreams, that my dreams would be stripped from me. The day I made the decision that AS was not going to steal my dreams was the best day of my life. As a singer and performer, if I cannot breathe, I can do neither of my passions. So, I changed my lifestyle and became determined to keep doing things I love. I find ways around any limitations and strive every day for what I want. Fear no longer controls me. And if it rears its ugly head, I take a deep breath, push fear to one side and go for it anyway. AS will not steal my passions.
That diagnosis was the best thing that ever happened to me. Sixteen years later, and after the past five years of recovering from another blow that some of you old-timers may recall, I am living the life I want to live, with my sweetheart. We have built a new life and this year, I am recording my first album.
AS be damned is a given, but it was the only thing that could have stripped my psyche of my lifelong fear of standing out and excelling.
Now, Steve, we need updated photos of the girls!!! 15!!!! Good grief, it's nuts how time goes.
Love,
