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...

Lying in a steaming bath-tub, water lapped against my naked body. The pressure of the clear liquid surrounding me made the bruises on my...

But that all changed in the middle of my second year when I had a diabetic onset. The onset, itself, wasn’t too traumatic, seeing as how...

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...

I grew up in Arkansas in the 1970s, always searching for someone to love me like a father. My own passed away when I was just six months...

I pried my eyes away from the TV screen to look out the window, to the trees, to the sunlight…to that strange world out there that gave...

I used to think that my stutter would limit me, but now I see that it is all a matter of perspective and choosing not to worry...

For years after I came out, I identified as a lesbian, but over time I came to realize that I was bisexual. The time I spent with men...

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...

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

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...

My parents fought throughout my whole childhood. The very first memory I have is sitting in a car seat by the front door while my parents...