I don’t specifically remember the moment I was first told I was fat. I was definitely a kid. I definitely disagree looking back on it as a thirty-five-year-old. I remember a specific instance where my mother, someone who struggled with her weight, told me that I was chubby (or something similar) and used her father as an example. I remember …
Over the last 12 years, I’ve been blessed to have the opportunity to participate in the Sundance Film Festival. I’ll never forget the first moments walking up the snow-covered path to the Sundance Screening Room in Provo, UT. I remember the smell of those iconic wood doors, the walls lined with movie posters (all were Sundance Lab films that had …
In 2001 I lived in Tupelo, OK. It’s a small town with basically no industry outside of ranching, and my family felt like the poorest family in town. My dad was a single father, and he had five kids. He decided to be home and present with his children was better than working non-stop to make a little extra money, …