There are a few pivotal stages in every person’s life. For me, the ages twelve and thirteen was one of them. I was still a child and puberty hadn’t hit yet. I knew who I was and what I wanted. I had a decent amount of autonomy without being overly burdened by responsibility. I felt like I could handle anything life threw at me. I still feel like that a decent amount of time (though it’s probably for the best that I’m a bit humbler today).

This piece takes me back to that amazing time when it seemed like the whole wide world was waiting just for me to discover it.