May 18, 20209 minHow Far I’ve Come I released my hands as I realized I had been squeezing them tight around the barber’s chair. The best I could do to occupy my mind...
Nov 19, 20196 minAt the Start of My JourneyMy childhood was not sweet, to say the least. Instead of love and security, it was filled with mockery and humiliation...
Nov 3, 20197 minI Fought Myself...That person that put her own self through that suffering—but I can so easily flashback to how it felt, in those days, to be bulimic...
Nov 1, 201910 minYou’ll Understand When You’re OlderWe would grow up, and things from our childhood would start making sense. But some things are always going to be beyond our comprehension...
Oct 16, 20198 minOnce Lost, Now FoundBut no matter where we lived, I was a smart high achiever. No kidding. We were a family of hard-workers and I loved going to school...
Sep 7, 20186 minTo Open the DoorLoud voices painted the walls of my family’s house in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We shared laughter and home-cooked meals at our large...
May 31, 20185 minOne of UsMy father was in seminary and my mother was working for the same institution where my father was. I was rather unexpected since my mother...
May 21, 20186 minElsewhereI think the hardest question for me to answer is also one of the simplest: “Where are you from?” I often find myself pausing before...