Growing up was great, I felt like I was on a TV show: big family, adopted siblings, and crazy adventures. We grew up in Seattle as devout Catholics, and I have fond memories of going to Adoration together as a family. Adoration is where people come to pray in front of the Eucharist, it’s the bread we receive at Mass, which becomes the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus when the Priest blesses it. During Adoration, Jesus’ presence in the Eucharist is placed in a golden stand, called the monstrance, for us to pray and adore Him. I always knew Jesus loved me, but I spent much of my childhood comparing myself to other people. I’m naturally a reserved person and my one passion in school was