Who was your influence? – January 28, 1992

The person that was probably the biggest influence is my mom. When I was young, I thought my mom was the greatest person in the world. I practically worshipped the ground she walked on. She was my best friend and she was always telling me how good I was and how smart I was and that she was very proud that I did so well in school. I used to buy her flowers at a shop down the road from my house. I bought her a wind chime with hearts on it and a bunch of things. I would make her cards letting her know how much I loved her and all that. I even got in a fight with a boy that lived in the same apartment complex as we did because he said something that made me mad – he made a mean joke about her. I chased him down and punched him in the stomach as hard as I could. I was a mean little kid.