I am the second of three girls, born to a stay-at-home mom and a cattle rancher. What you’ve heard regarding the middle child is true. I’ve always been and felt different. I was born in Bellville, Texas. I lived in Brenham (home of Blue Bell Ice Cream) until I was 5. It was then that we moved back to my parents’ hometown of New Ulm, Texas, where my dad took a job as a ranch foreman. I lived on that ranch until I was a freshman in high school, when we moved onto my grandparents’ original homestead just outside of town. I lived in New Ulm until I graduated from high school.
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