I would agree that we are likely harder on ourselves than others are. Anytime I don’t like the way things went, I try to reflect on what I could have done differently. Sometimes the answer is I shouldn’t have booked that show because it wasn’t a good fit. Sometimes it’s minor tweaks. I always want to learn and adapt…..but I like ice cream also 😜

I was always fascinated by puppets growing up. Sesame Street, the Muppets, I loved ANYTHING with puppets. I had just been cut from the basektball team at my high school from a school that had never made cuts before (yeah, I wasn't good:). Around my 16th birthday I saw that the local community college was offering a course in ventriloquism. I talked my parents into paying the fee, and took the class. After about a year of practice, I performed my first gig at a small local church that my aunt attended. From there it just took off. I performed like crazy all the way through high school, and into my first couple of years in college. I still performed off and on throughout the years, but really got busy with ministry, and family, etc.. When the covid shut downs took place I was sitting at home bored out of my mind. I started putting some videos online and did some lives with the puppets. I quickly remembered how much I loved it. That was the start of what has become an extremely busy side hustle. These days I'm typically performing 150ish shows per year, and loving every minute.