The Before

So...this is how we all dressed 17 years ago...sorta.  I mean the UFOs aka pants, the Kandi aka the beads, the visors including the chupon aka the pacifier...were a must! Although most of the time we wore tanks. Lollipops, Vick sticks, gobs of water and lights were by far the best things to have on you inside your Sponge Bob Square Pants bag-pack.

So you're probably wondering...which one is she?  LOL Neither! Let me tell you...Sad story.  So all my pictures were on my hard drive...and guess what...it got stolen. I know right! Cry me a river!!!! I'm one of a small amount of people who literally lived to take pictures, and got her pictures stolen. Tragic! I know!  Totally feels like I lost my memories, especially since I have the worst memory ever now.

Thankfully, I have great friends who sent me their pictures - specifically since I asked cause I had to share.  =)  Gotta love my EDM Fam! Something I would like you to take away from this is...is this...in this world, strangers become your family. I this world, everyone accepts one another for who they are and for who they will become.  I thank my lucky stars I met the people I did when I did. We were a unit. A huge one at that. We all cared for one another and made each other stronger. I'm happy to say that even after so many years, most of us all still friends in some way or another. But don't get me wrong, some were like the wind. They would pass by and leave, and that was ok, because you still had your #EDMFam.

And this is how it was.  There were no festivals...YET...at least none that we knew of, but that was ok.  Here in the Rio Grande Valley, the underground movement was just happening.  2001 was my year.  That's when it all began for me.  I was no longer afraid. I was no longer trapped in a life that was only going one direction.  Now, it was all fun and games.  We partied like there was no tomorrow.  We had no worries.  We only had each other.  We loved to go to raves. We lived to rave; to go dance, give light shows, show some love and just enjoy being young and free.  That was the life. Having absolutely  NO WORRIES in the world. This is where I finally found myself and finally became who I was born to be.