People always call me Madi the Mule. You know why? Because I am even more stubborn than one.

My mother always said I was just a very determined girl. My father would always chuckle and say, “C’mon Laney, she is as stubborn as a mule.”

The name unfortunately stuck in sixth grade. So I got called mule for the rest of my life. And other words I am not supposed to repeat. One happens to be the other name for a mule’s father.