When I was three years old, I lost my wonderful father to a massive heart attack while he was behind the wheel of the tractor-trailer he drove for a trucking company out of Georgia.
I first learned to play drums at a very early age - around 6, if that's considered early, and I learned from the guy who played drums at my then-home church and then when my Stepfather came into my and Mom's lives, I started learning acoustic guitar with his encouragement and then when I was around 10, I became an enormous Elvis Presley fan and immediately wanted an electric guitar because I saw James Burton play his legendary '69 pink paisley Fender Telecaster with Elvis. And when I finally joined my very first band in 2008, they helped me buy my very first good electric guitar (a Fender ReIssue 69 paisley Telecaster) and they both took me to practice and gigs (I'm not able to drive due to my very bad eyesight....plus, I have other disabilities such as mild Cerebral Palsy & Hydrocephalus (the latter is normally termed "water on the brain"). And, yes, if it's meant to happen, I still want my "dream" drum kit, a Ludwig blue sparkle double-kick with concert toms drum kit just like the one that my drumming influence, Ronnie Tutt, played from late 1970 to sometime in 1974 when he switched to the huge COV (chrome over Vista-Lite) kit that's seen in "Elvis In Concert" (Elvis's final television special shown on October 3, 1977 on CBS. I have the "outtakes" DVDs of both of those shows which made up the television special but, I rarely watch them......however, I'm keeping them for sentimental reasons).
So.....to make a very long story short, yes, my parents were very supportive and helpful.