Robby Hoffman

There's no question.

It's close to nothing.

But it isn't actually nothing.

And let's see what we could do with that nugget, that tiny flame.

We just have to keep it going, blow on it.

We just have to get out of here.

I remember seeing the value in...

The way I spoke at school or my public speaking or writing or getting, you know, having friends and being able to maneuver and that my personality was doing the whole thing, that I didn't have anything.

that I had ugly shoes, that I had nothing good compared to other people, that on free dress day I still wore the uniform because I didn't have anything to wear.

And so I would pretend to the kids, like, oh, I forgot it was free dress day, even though we're all looking forward to it forever.

I'd be dreading it because I'm like, I literally have nothing to wear but the uniform.

And, um, I, yeah, so I felt, I remember at some point feeling we, we, and then, so that started getting a bit like, we're going to, well, are we going to do something with that or not?

And then I just went all in on me, like, okay.

Almost as if to talk to me as a little girl and be like, Hey, well, Rob, like I, you know, I almost like, I'm like,

You know, she's still impatient, like, what are we doing here?

Like, what's going on?

Are we there yet?

And I'm going, I am doing the best I can to get us there.

You have no idea what I'm up against out here.

What do you think there is?