Lara Petterson Interview

“Interview Narrative” “Seeking purpose, not perfection,” are the words an 18 year old female lives by. I would like to introduce everyone to one of my closest friends Lara Petterson. She recently graduated from Montgomery High School on May 26th, 2017, although she is relatively young she has a remarkable “coming of age” story to tell. The exact date was May 20th, 2016, this was the day she realized she was no longer this shy and outspoken girl anymore, but rather this bold and upstanding young women. I asked what happened that day and why that moment affected her the most and Lara said “It was the day of my first solo performance ever and in changed me in a way I never would have expected. I mean I had done many concerts before, but like
“It made me realize I didn’t have to be perfect for me to have a purpose in this world. God didn’t make me or anyone else flawless, and from that day on I matured and got wiser, but it wasn’t an automatic switch it happened over the course of a couple months. I stopped caring what others thought of me, and started caring about what I thought of myself, which sounds so cliché, but really does have a meaning to it.” 9 months after that night Lara’s boyfriend gave her a promise ring and now they are expected to get engaged sometime in the near future and she says “I am completely and utterly happy now and no one can take that away from me.” Overall, Lara loved high school and would go back in an instant if she could. She had her ups and when she felt down she just remembered “regression to the mean,” which to her meant everything will eventually equal out and it will all be just fine. I really loved getting to talk to Lara Jane Petterson because there is so much more to her then meets the eye and it is great to have her as my role model in life. She has really taught me it is okay to be inauthentic because we all are, I just need to try my best to be authentic about my