I Held My Head Up High (Sequel to Adopted By Lin Manuel Miranda)

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August 7th 2018

Bailey West,
I haven't written in this thing in forever. Dang.
Well I guess I can give a small description of the past year so I don't confuse myself going forward.
This past year I've gotten more hate than ever before, which has been hard. I've been designing clothes that are apparently "too old for me" according to the internet. So I've been trying to get dad to stop posting pictures of me on Twitter. 
But yeah, I came out with my independent clothing line, so not a collaboration I have my own website and everything ! It's super cool. My favorite shirt I've made so far is the one I get the most hate for because it's a crop top. 
It's a crop top that stops a little before my belly button, and there's a tied piece off to the side. I don't know how to describe it. But it has a pink dream catcher and it says dreamer in pretty writing. It was hard because I wanted to wear it a lot but I couldn't because it was freezing in London.
Oh yeah, we lived in London for a while too. While dad was working on something. The only bad part about that was that I had to leave Charlie home for a long time. But she stayed with Anthony and Jasmine, so she was okay. 
Lin and I have been doing a lot of stuff together lately. We went to see Dear Evan Hansen again , when we got back. Then we saw Bandstand, which I think is my favorite. And when we were in London we saw the Harry Potter musical. I liked that one too. 
But what I've learned most in the past year is to believe in myself because you have to be confident that way nothing you see online can bother you. That's why my entire store is very positive and promotes self-love. I know I keep talking about it but I'm just really proud of my store. I still don't keep any of the money. Half goes to Eliza's orphanage, and the other half goes to Trevor Project. I'll occasionally still donate to To Write Love On Her Arms, but I liked Trevor Project better for long term because it was helpful for LGBT teens.
Ok well I have to go, I'm baby-sitting Seb and he wants me.
- Bailey West