Drew Taggart

And I think maybe too often in today's day and age, people are offering advice like this all the time.

People just don't listen.

anymore.

You kind of like acknowledge it, but you don't really think about fundamentally what it means.

She was probably like in her 60s.

And this woman's obviously advised and taught whatever homeroom to hundreds and hundreds of kids.

I'm not even probably the first kid she's had this experience with.

I'm so grateful that she said that.

I love my mom.

She's still around.

She's an amazing woman.

And I had a really tough upbringing.

They fought relentlessly.

Insane fights are probably why I painted so much.

I just didn't want to leave my room and interact and get in the mix of all that.

And my dad passed away in the middle of the divorce.

So it was like a really dark period.

And to the point of what I just said, and it was like, I had a lot of friends that came to my side and supported me then.

And

More than anything, I think as you get older, you kind of distort memories.