Hovering eyes made me believe that I was really something to be looked down upon. They made me believe that I deserved to be mistreated...

As I sat on the exam table, the doctors took my mother aside and explained to her that I had a brain tumor and that they were so sorry...

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“Oh my god. I have bulimia face. Again,” I muttered, poking myself in front of my mirror. “Bulimia face” meant my face looked puffy

I grew up in the late ’90s with the life that most people would dream about as a kid. My house was a few blocks from the best beaches...

Courage is found in kindness. It’s everywhere and it’s ready to take hold of your heart as soon as you give it enough room...

My dad and brother worked on our farm while my mom owned and operated the local grocery store. Our house was attached to the store...

My parents got married in the ‘70s. Twenty years later, I guess they figured it was about time to have a child. That’s where I came...

A bird loves to feel the wind in his wings and the clouds brushing his feathers as he flies. It is exhilarating. It is his life...

My wheels are a chariot to freedom rather than a temporary crutch to prop me up from the harsh aspects of society...

Life can be tricky; it’s like teetering along the edge of a cliff. One setback can land you on the streets...

With many, many patients coming his way, my father was highly esteemed—a venerated figure like a god, in fact...

I was born with a rare genetic disorder that wasn’t properly diagnosed until I was two years old. The doctors discovered...

I received no further explanation, just a request to pack up and leave the premises. It didn’t feel real. I had so much riding on this job..

It was a dream that I’d been chasing since I was a child. But sometimes, the dreams we have can’t last forever...

I shouldn’t have taken all those pills, I didn’t want to die. I needed to get to a phone to call 911, but it was so hard to move...

I lay in the hospital bed, pain racking my body as chemicals and super-science ran through my blood...

At the time, my father was unemployed and my mother was the teen-mom stereotype. They were already burdened with a daughter before me...

My new parents were loving, good-hearted people who tried to adopt children with special needs who otherwise might not get the care they...