This was the day I was born, miraculously, to a drug-addicted mother who couldn’t take care of me. I was born with fetal alcohol syndrome...

In 2008, my whole world imploded. Everything I thought was supposed to take place in my life, bar the details, was blown to smithereens...

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...

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...

My parents were very alert people, writers who valued the fundamental rights of humans. The arts took the place of religion in our family...

But things wouldn’t always be so perfect. The world is full of sick, twisted people, and not before long, I became the target...

After trying to have a child for fifteen years with no success, my parents had grown desperate and immigrated from Britain to the state...

Most of my fond memories were spending time with my parents and two younger siblings: putting up the Christmas tree together; enjoying...

The human spirit is very resilient. We can pick back up when we fail, and fail, and fail. We can find hope when we are still battling...

I grew up with a warped understanding of love and received little attention from my parents. I searched for affection all my life, but...

As the youngest and only girl in my family, I was spoiled a lot and had tons of fun when I was little. I remember coming down the stairs...

My oldest sister Katherine died after just 36 hours of life, and my next sister, Cathy, was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at two years...

At the time, Pablo Escobar, a drug lord and narco-terrorist, was wreaking havoc in Colombia and my parents didn’t feel that living there...

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...

It’s strange for me to look back on my old self, old photos, and old clothing. It’s like looking at someone else’s life that you’ve been...

I was born in Bryan, Ohio in September of 1993, arriving a year after the death of my older brother, who had been born with heart defects...

My mom worked tirelessly to make money with multiple jobs while my dad refused to work more than one job. To make matters worse, my dad...

Dad was in the Airforce, and we got posted to Hobsonville Airforce Auckland in 1973. Growing up in the Airforce community was fun...