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Broken Shackles

It often feels like an unbearable privilege to write and make a simple living from taking all those wonderful and horrible patterns...

So, I Was Made Anew

I know she loved me, deep down, but she loved drugs more. When I was little, she tried selling me for $1,000 to fund her addiction...

Always Beginning

I believe that all experiences in life are the stepping stones that eventually lead to one’s truth. And so, I would like to share my...

Weed Barons

I’m not proud of how I reached popularity in college, but the statue of limitations has since passed, so it is what it is at this point...

The Thinnest of Threads

I’ve always heard people say that nothing good ever happens after midnight. For the longest time I found that to be true of my birth...

My Part Two

Most living things remain what they were at birth, however, a butterfly was once a caterpillar, and at the risk of waxing poetic, I...

The Promise to Myself

When people look at me, they see a happy woman, slow to take and quick to give. What they don’t know is the harsh truth under this smile...

A True Power

As a child, it seemed like the world around me inspired the power of creativity flowing into my hungry, curious mind. Filled with...

Sober and Stronger

I was a “surprise” to my parents because they were already in their mid-40s when I came along. My two brothers were much older than me...

Forgiveness Is the Attribute of the Strong

There are times in life when we must choose whether we hold on to hate, or forgive and forget. Holding on to hate is the more common...