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

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...

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...

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...

While many women in their 20s were enjoying college life, my mom was trying to keep up with her classes and work two jobs all while she...

What I know for sure is that every soul on this earth needs an escape, an outlet, a safe harbor in which to lose themselves and, ideally...

I had a very cheerful childhood—at least until I turned four. That was when my parents got divorced. Studies say that people often don’t...

I survived 16 years of military life through premonition, an instinctive survival gift that enabled me to make life saving decisions for...

Let me take you back to when I was just six years old. My chronic asthma was a plague against my childhood, as I was in the hospital more...

Life was normal in my early youth. It wasn’t until I was 12 years old when things began to change...

I couldn’t remember the last time dad wasn’t sick. Mom had never been consistently in my life due to her mental illness. Dad did a great...

When I hear someone say that there’s no hope for an addict, I can’t help but shake my head. If someone like me can come back from all...