Crown of Beauty: When did your passion for music start?
Jamie: My parents are pastors as
well as musicians. My dad plays
the drums and my mom sings and traveled some as a Southern Gospel singer in the late 90s/early 2000s. My sister Morgan and I often opened up for her singing
old hymns and later with some of our
favorite Christian radio hits.
I was always so eager to hop on
stage and sing for everyone;
whether it was my mom’s concert, as the volunteer for the VBS karaoke show, or my own headlining show in the
living room.
20 something years later I can truly say nothing’s changed. Haha!
COB: Who was your hero as a young kid?
Anxiety) at age 11 and it completely turned my world upside down. I struggled physically, academically, spiritually, emotionally and socially. (Remember when I was like, “I was a mess…”)
Ultimately I am positive that it was nothing but the Lord that I came out of a long depression and I know that He sent my family to be significant part of that. At one point I was stuck in the house. All of the time. I remember my mom painting the hallway blue. Bright blue. She figured I couldn’t see the sky outside, so she would bring it to me.
When my illness would take its toll on me at night, my dad would stay up late at night dancing around my room to smooth jazz renditions of upbeat standards until I laughed my tears away.
And in the midst of every bully, my sister Morgan continued to invest in me not only as a sister, but as my only friend. I wouldn’t be who I am without the three of them. I have no idea how they did it, but they did.
Jamie: Cliche’/cheesy/sappiness ahead - my family. I was a mess as a kid. All kinds of emotional all of the time. I was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome (and OCD, ADHD and
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