To the Other Side
This was the day I was born, miraculously, to a drug-addicted mother who couldn’t take care of me. I was born with fetal alcohol syndrome...
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Jan 22, 20197 min read
To Rise
In 2008, my whole world imploded. Everything I thought was supposed to take place in my life, bar the details, was blown to smithereens...
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Jan 15, 20197 min read
No Longer Yours
I grew up in Arkansas in the 1970s, always searching for someone to love me like a father. My own passed away when I was just six months...
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Jan 9, 20197 min read
From Darkness to Light
Every morning, I had to draw from what motivational reserves I had left to get through the day because I felt that just breathing was...
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Jan 3, 20198 min read
Gone Astray
While watching my mother work so hard, I wanted a better bargain at life, a new city and with new destiny. Nothing—I had decided—would...
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Dec 19, 20186 min read
I Will Live on
I, on the other hand, was stubborn and lacked religious devotion, putting a gulf between me and my parents where I never felt as close...
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Nov 1, 20189 min read
Hence, the Crossing Point
My parents were very alert people, writers who valued the fundamental rights of humans. The arts took the place of religion in our family...
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Oct 18, 20187 min read
Survival of the Innocent
But things wouldn’t always be so perfect. The world is full of sick, twisted people, and not before long, I became the target...
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Oct 3, 20186 min read
The Courage to Leave
After trying to have a child for fifteen years with no success, my parents had grown desperate and immigrated from Britain to the state...
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Sep 26, 20187 min read
To Bear the Past
Most of my fond memories were spending time with my parents and two younger siblings: putting up the Christmas tree together; enjoying...
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Aug 24, 20188 min read
I Count Myself Lucky
The human spirit is very resilient. We can pick back up when we fail, and fail, and fail. We can find hope when we are still battling...
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Aug 9, 20187 min read
All the Hurt
I grew up with a warped understanding of love and received little attention from my parents. I searched for affection all my life, but...
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Aug 1, 20189 min read
Free from the Inside
As the youngest and only girl in my family, I was spoiled a lot and had tons of fun when I was little. I remember coming down the stairs...
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Jul 20, 20187 min read
Face Forward
My oldest sister Katherine died after just 36 hours of life, and my next sister, Cathy, was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at two years...
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Jul 6, 201811 min read
Finding True Refuge
At the time, Pablo Escobar, a drug lord and narco-terrorist, was wreaking havoc in Colombia and my parents didn’t feel that living there...
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Jun 12, 20189 min read
Not Broken Yet
My parents fought throughout my whole childhood. The very first memory I have is sitting in a car seat by the front door while my parents...
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Jun 7, 20188 min read
Becoming Me
It’s strange for me to look back on my old self, old photos, and old clothing. It’s like looking at someone else’s life that you’ve been...
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Jun 6, 20188 min read
This Beating Heart
I was born in Bryan, Ohio in September of 1993, arriving a year after the death of my older brother, who had been born with heart defects...
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May 11, 20185 min read
Mending What Was Broken
My mom worked tirelessly to make money with multiple jobs while my dad refused to work more than one job. To make matters worse, my dad...
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May 11, 20187 min read
Behind a Beautiful World
Dad was in the Airforce, and we got posted to Hobsonville Airforce Auckland in 1973. Growing up in the Airforce community was fun...
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