It's weird to be famous as a baby.

當我還是嬰兒的時候就變有名真的很怪。

There wa... there wasn't really a "before".

我根本沒有成名以前的生活。

Really, my whole life has been me being Success Kid.

我打從小時候就是「成功小孩」 了。

This all started in 2007.

這一切要從 2007 年開始說起。

We went to the beach 'cause I had just gotten a new camera and I wanted to take some pictures of my baby and my family.

我那時候剛買了新的相機，我想要幫我的寶寶還有家人拍照，所以去了海邊。

Sam was 11 months old.

Sam 那時候十一個月大。

He was about to eat a handful of sand, like babies do, and I just snapped the shot at just the right moment.

他準備要把沙子抓起來吃的時候，我剛好捕捉到那一刻。

I thought it was a really cute picture.

我那時候只覺得是很可愛的照片。

I had no idea how profoundly it would impact our lives.

我不知道它在日後居然會對我們的生活造成這麼大的影響。

I posted the picture to my Flickr account the same day I took it.

我拍下這張照片的同一天把它上傳到我的 Filckr 上。

It was immediately popular and got about 300 likes the first day.

它瞬間就受到大家喜愛而且第一天就得到 300 多個讚。

But then after that I kinda forgot about it.

但之後我就忘記這件事了。

Within a year, I started to see it online.

不到一年，我開始在網路上發現這張照片。

There was a photoshopped child in the background with a destroyed sand castle and it had the caption "I hate sandcastles".

有一張是有一個小孩被 P 進背景裡，旁邊是被毀掉的沙堡，標題寫著「我討厭沙堡」。

And there was another version with the caption "Ima (beep) you up".

還有另一個版本是標題寫「我要揍爆你」。

We really had no idea what memes were because they were so new.

那時候我們根本不知道什麼是迷因，因為才剛開始流行。

But the ones that did exist usually were either making fun of somebody or had negative connotations.

但大部分的迷因通常都是在嘲笑某人或是有負面意涵。

We didn't want that to be associated with our baby.

我們不希望這些跟我們的小孩有任何關係。

My picture was just out there for anyone to take and manipulate.

我的照片就這樣流落在外任人擺佈。

I realized at that point: There was no getting this picture back.

我那時候明白我沒辦法把照片收回來了。

The Internet had it.

它已經屬於網路了。

And then about a year after that was the first time I saw it used with the green and blue little background and it had my baby there and was titled Success Kid.

大概一年後，那時我第一次看到我的小孩被用在一張藍綠色的背景上，標題寫著「成功小孩」。

Then when I saw that, I thought, "Please let this version take off".

然後我心想，拜託讓這個版本紅。

It was so positive and sweet.

超級正向又可愛。

The great thing about the Success Kid meme is that not only is it about success, but it's about unlikely success.

「成功小孩」這個迷因很棒的一點是，它不只是關於成功，而是幾乎不可能成功。

Achieving, you know, against the odds.

達成不可能的任務。

And that was really special because Sam was born prematurely, then had to have brain surgery at six weeks old.

對我們來說很有意義，因為 Sam 是早產兒，出生六週大就動了腦部手術。

So, seeing it called Success Kid just, like, warmed my heart, you know.

看到這照片被稱作「成功小孩」 真的讓我很感動。

I was just... I felt like that was the most appropriate title for him and it was given to him by the Internet.

我覺得這是網路給他最貼切的稱號。

Before long, we saw the picture everywhere.

不久之後，我們就在各個地方看到這張照片。

Saw it all over the Internet, advertising, a Super Bowl commercial, Obama's White House, newspapers around the world.

網路上、廣告、超級盃的宣傳、歐巴馬的白宮，還有世界各地的報章雜誌都看得到它。

It was something positive that was out there that people really responded to.

它很正向而且人們的反應很好。

It's kinda hard to comprehend.

這其實有點難理解。

It's weird being a famous baby because I had no idea what was happening, you know.

當一個有名的小孩很怪，因為我根本不知道發生什麼事。

That said, I I do have a lot of mixed feelings with it.

我確實對它有些複雜的情緒。

I would go back and forth with being like, "Oh, I wish I was a normal kid" to "Oh, this is like, you know, this is super awesome".

我的感覺會一直變，有時候希望自己是普通小孩，有時候又覺得成名其實很酷。

And so, to have fans come up to me and be like, "Hey, do the pose!" or, you know, like, "What did sand taste like?" or whatever,

有些粉絲會跑來要我擺那個姿勢，或是問說「沙子好吃嗎？」之類的。

I'm like, "I don't know", and I... I would say, "like candy" or something, you know, 'cause, like, in my mind, I'm just a normal, lazy teenager.

我會回答說我不知道，我可能會說味道像糖果之類的，因為我認為自己就只是普通的懶惰少年。

Usually just doing art and listening to music.

通常都在作畫或是聽音樂。

I've been doing art for, I mean, my whole life really.

我的人生幾乎都在作畫。

My dad has been a big part of why I started.

我爸是我開始接觸美術的很大因素。

Kinda got that interest from him.

可以說是因為他而對美術有興趣。

And, you know, I would look at his art and, you know, constantly copy it and stuff, and then I would gain a certain style.

我會看著他的畫作然後不斷模仿，久而久之就有了自己的風格。

You know, interests change and your mindset and your body, you know, changes a lot, and you don't just wanna be known as Success Kid.

不管是興趣，思想還有身體都會改變，而我不想一直被「成功小孩」侷限。

But then I found out that my dad was sick.

但後來我爸生病了。

I was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease.

我被診斷出罹患慢性腎臟病。

I had about 20 percent kidney function when they caught it.

他們發現時我的腎臟只剩兩成的功能。

I was on dialysis for six years.

我那時已經洗腎六年了。

Really needed a kidney transplant, but I couldn't qualify because the cost of the anti-rejection drugs are so enormous, you know, for so many people, it's almost impossible.

真的非常需要腎臟移植，但我不符合資格，因為打抗排斥藥物的費用太昂貴了，對很多人來說幾乎不可能。

We just had the idea to do a fundraiser.

我們就想說要募資。

I didn't wanna mention Success Kid.

我不想提到「成功小孩」。

I mean, I wasn't even thinking about that initially.

其實我一開始也根本沒想到那去。

Then I posted it on my Twitter account.

我發在 Twitter 的帳號上。

- Some publications retweeted it and... - Within the first week of the GoFundMe being posted, we surpassed our goal.

- 有些版品轉發它，然後...　- GoFundMe 張貼後的第一個禮拜就超過我們的募款金額了。

We got so many messages saying how much the meme has meant to them and how much it brightens their day to see his face, or how they were going through a dark time, and...

很多人傳訊息跟我們說這個迷因對他們來說有多重要，看到他的臉就能讓他們一天心情愉悅，或是怎麼靠著這張照片度過難關。

That was the best part of the campaign, really, is just feeling like we're getting this, you know, giant hug from the world.

這活動最讚的地方是，我們感覺就像得到世界各地給我們巨大的擁抱一樣。

I am very thankful for everybody who has, you know, helped us and everybody who uses the picture.

我很感激所有幫助我們及利用這張照片的人。

A lot of nurses and doctors use it to get through the day.

很多護士和醫生會看這張照片鼓舞他們自己。

I'm very happy that, you know, people who save others' lives is using my picture when I was doing nothing but eating sand.

我很高興有些人會利用這張照片去幫助別人，雖然我什麼都沒做，只是在吃沙子。

You know, like, it... it's a good thought, you know.

這是很棒的點子。

It's... it helps me.

真的幫助了我。

I'm at an age right now to where I don't really know what I am fully.

我現在還在摸索的年紀。

I do hope one day that I'll be able to create something that inspires people just as much as Success Kid does.

我希望未來我能創造出鼓舞人心的作品，就像「成功小孩」一樣。