Blayne Alexander

And so all of these things, though, that was not the case with the Lee family.

I mean, Jay had no fear in being who he was.

It did not impact his relationship with his mom or his dad or sister or anybody in the family.

And they were just as beautiful and as loving.

And I asked Tayla during our interview, we talked for like three plus hours, and I said, where did that confidence come from?

And she said it was our family.

I mean, we knew that we were loved.

There was not a moment that we walked outside of that house that we had any question as to whether we were loved, whether we were supported.

And she said, and especially their mom really instilled this confidence and just kind of like, no, no, no, this is whoever you are, whatever you do, do it confidently.

And it was so beautiful to see that really, really come to play as I got to know Jay throughout the course of the story.

He was very clearly a fun person, right?

His style was amazing.

I mean, his sister and I talked about it.

Like, he would dress.

He was just out there.

His dog alone.

His dog, Lexi.

I mean, the dog with the pink goggles.

Lexi.

Lexi would come to class.