Music--The Cure For Everything

Whether it's just been a horrible day, or I just need something to cheer me up, music will pretty much by my best friend. But, sometimes it's more than just a bad day. Sometimes it's something more serious than that. Towards the end of my treatment for scoliosis ( an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.) I had darn near had enough of it. I told my mom, five years just seemed like way too long, and I was getting tired of having to wear an extra inch of plastic around me all day. I felt horrible for complaining, because I'd walk into my doctor's office, and see young girls (scoliosis is most common in females) about 6 or 7 wearing a brace. I knew they had a long road ahead of them. I started my treatment in the summer after 5th grade. I finally got the thing off last year. It caused me so many problems. It hindered my ability to play softball, my favorite sport (but, no fear, I found my way around it) and caused me severe stomach pains from the pressure, as well as back pains that I still get, despite my treatment being over. I became very shy, and I felt extremely unimportant. Towards the end of my treatment, Hunter Hayes became my best friend. I'd come home from an extremely tough and stressful day (those happened often) I'd go to my room, sit on my bed, and just spend hours listening to him on repeat. Instantaneously, I would feel better. Music has been proven to release endorphins in your brain that make you feel happy. Looking back, I'm not sure I would have been able to stay sane through that last year of wearing a back brace, if not for Hunter Hayes. The song that best suited my predicament was 'Faith to Fall Back On.' And, to this day, it remains one of my favorite songs. So without even him even realizing it, Hunter has touched so many lives, in so many ways, and if I could find a way to thank him personally, I would do almost anything to tell him how much what he does has touched my life.

My favorite Hunter Hayes quote:
 "Dream as big as you want because they come true everyday"

And... don't forget...
~The only way to deal with reality, is to go insane~