As I start this blog today, I don’t know how comfortable I am with this, if I can do it correctly, it's going to show my vulnerable side which very rarely comes out. I think for this to help me and work for me I am going to have to fight the temptation to hold back. I am afraid of who will read this and judge me for what I have written rather than for who I am. But the important thing that I have to keep reminding myself is I am not doing this for anyone but myself. If I have learned anything in my life it's that now today I am putting myself first, I am no longer letting others define what I do and how I act. So I am going to use this to document my journey, to help me succeed, to allow me to say what I need to say and not have anyone stop me. It's an avenue of freedom that nobody can stop. I will probably say things on here that will shock you, because in order for this to work I can't hold back. I am a little person, I have a type of dwarfism called achondroplasia. I don’t allow it to hold me back but it does help define who I am today. I use it to my advantage; like I know when I walk into a room people will look at me. I can either hide or embrace it. If you ask me about the medical side of my dwarfism I probably will NOT know the answer, I figure when I need to know I’ll find out. I am part of an organization called Little People of America (LPA). Being a dwarf and a part of LPA has brought some of the greatest people into my life. I have been blessed with this incredible ability to trip/fall over nothing. Most of the time it's pretty much a daily occurrence, I don’t normally hurt myself. Well to the average person it could hurt them, but I have formed “shell” if you will, that allows me to fall and not get hurt badly. I usually do a lot of stupid things, I speak before I think, I wear my emotions on my sleeve, I don’t let you in unless I am certain you won’t hurt me, I’ve never really had a relationship with my father, I wish I lived closer to the ones who mean so much to me, I am doing what I love on a daily basis, my mind travels @ the speed of light, I love with my whole heart, I have a very unhealthy obsession with quotes (every person I meet gets a song and a quote named after them), I tend to jump in head first, I’m not intimidated by much, and I will leave a mark on this world.