By the time she got done talking, I was a nervous mess. But I took a deep breath and walked to the front of the room where she was. After giving Miss Marston a hug I stepped up to the mic. I took a deep breath and said "Thank you Miss Marston and thank you so much everyone for this wonderful turnout tonight. I have to admit that when we pulled in tonight I wasn't expecting that there would be so many people here. It truly means the world to me that so many of you showed up tonight. Most of you probably know my story and for those of you who don't. I was adopted by my Nonna and Nonno when I was five because of the abuse that I went through by my biological family. When Nonna took me out of that house of horrors I never went back. My therapist suggested that I find a way to help me cope with
