My family consists of my mom, dad, two brothers, and me. Growing up my mom worked a lot and so I spent most of my time with the three guys. I grew up a huge tomboy because of this. I had almost no interest in anything girly until 8th grade. I mostly wore boys clothes, I wasn't afraid to get down and dirty, and I acted like one of the guys. When middle school started, and all the girls started to get interested in guys more, the game changed. Most girls started acting like I was the weird one because I had no interest in wearing dresses or putting on makeup to attract guys.

I had almost no girl friends, and mostly guy friends at this point because I related to them more. In 8th grade I met one of my best friends that helped shape my life. I was at a point when I was getting ready to go to high school, and I knew that was going to be a completely different experience from middle school. Coming into middle school was not a huge deal to me because a lot of my friends from elementary school came with me. Going into high school was going to be a whole different thing though.

My mom was a teacher in the county that I had been going to school in until that point, however, we did not live in that county. The year I was supposed to go to high school they stopped waiving the out of county tuition and I was forced to go to the high school in my county. I was going to know one person in the whole school and that absolutely terrified me. I knew that I had to make some changes if I had any chance of fitting in. So I went to my newly found friend, who was about as girly as I could imagine at that point and asked for her help. She helped me into the first stages of looking like, and acting like a girl. I remember the first time I asked my mom to help me shop in the girls department she looked at me and said “finally”.

I love that I was raised with three awesome guys in my life that taught me so much about how the male mind works. I still think and act like one of the guys most of the time, but I now also know how to hang out with the few really good girl friends that I have made over the years. I get told quite often by men now a days that I’m really easy to get along with and not like other girls, and I thank my brothers and dad for giving me that quality. I still don't like dressing up that often, I hate drama, and I’m still having trouble with the whole makeup thing; but I love that I can have the best of both worlds.