I stood outside in the two-acre backyard of my new home in Hesperia, California. The High Desert became the new place I would call home...

I wanted to live a better life. I made plans and took action, thinking I could create my own future. But I now realize now that things...

I’ve lived a life of self-reliance and I believe that there are times in which this is our only choice. But if you have the chance...

In my early 20s, I lost a big part of myself. The person who I used to be was being smothered by grief and guilt. The things I once...

I grew up thinking I was disposable. Throughout my childhood, I was passed around to several houses until my mother decided to take me...

If I were to give advice to the little girl that never stood up to anyone and felt alone much of her life, I would tell her that it’s...

People look at me and think they see a girl that has it all together. I rent a condo on my own, I have a loving boyfriend, and...

Everything I had touched in my life had so far become a disappointment, and I wanted to end it all. My life flashed before my eyes as I...

But thoughts of death don’t just go away. They linger like the plague. They interject themselves at every turn and persuade you that life...