Emerson

Becoming a Part of the Family

by Jason Templin | December 1st, 2009
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I have always wanted to be a Hulsey.  There, I said it.  I was nineteen when I first met Sierra, Ashley, and Shane Hulsey.  I was in the midst of a summer comprised of endless nights fueled by too much coffee and too many cigarettes -- a summer where I imagined I could actually feel my adult life beginning, even as I raced to avoid it.  This summer was marked by a rush of new friends whose creativity and sense of adventure restored me after an initial collegiate miscue and subsequent suburban withdrawal into my parents' home.  Read more...