Jan 22, 20208 minI Am Not WeakI’ve often wondered what drove me to have those wicked thoughts of wanting to commit suicide. Did I, in fact, have a mental illness?...
Sep 28, 201910 minI Came Back to Tell You to FightI was a very reclusive child and a runaway kid. There was already so much going on inside my head and I couldn’t handle the overload...
Sep 27, 20197 minThe Light That Shows Me the WayI remember one time my brothers and I had to avoid drops of blood splattered on the pavement that followed our path to school...
Aug 1, 20199 minExhale and Recover If you didn’t know, The Troubles refer to a nasty civil dispute that spanned over 30 years between the British and Irish...
Jun 11, 20197 minWhen the Sky Is GrayI had a good early childhood...However, happiness is easy to be interrupted. All that changed when I started secondary school...
May 16, 20198 minWildly UniqueWhat makes a person unique? One just has to look up at the night sky. Just as each star differs from all the others, each of us...
Mar 29, 20197 minEver AfterI grew up in Taiwan, South Korea, and Hawaii, floating back and forth between the three places to see my father who was an influential...
Mar 25, 20195 minI Do Not Keep Them Hidden Any LongerAs a young girl, my parents sensed that things weren’t right with me. I would jump back and forth between doing things. I would start...
Jan 22, 20197 minTo RiseIn 2008, my whole world imploded. Everything I thought was supposed to take place in my life, bar the details, was blown to smithereens...
Jan 19, 20199 minThe Thinnest of ThreadsI’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...
Dec 19, 20186 minI Will Live onI, on the other hand, was stubborn and lacked religious devotion, putting a gulf between me and my parents where I never felt as close...
Apr 19, 20187 minFrom Meek to BoldIf 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...
Feb 9, 20187 minDarkness BreaksEverything 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...
Feb 9, 20185 minA Warrior, Not a WorrierBut thoughts of death don’t just go away. They linger like the plague. They interject themselves at every turn and persuade you that life...