What You Come to See Behind Bars
I was almost 19 when I was placed behind bars with quite literally no light in sight. From what I’d seen in media, I expected...
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Apr 1, 20208 min read
The Choice You Made
My family was not too poor, but we most certainly weren’t rich. We lived in a joint home with my uncles who were illiterate farmers...
Jan 29, 202010 min read
Who Are the Good Guys?
Miami was sleepy in the ‘50s—nothing like the bustling buildings and energy it has now. When my family moved across town...
Nov 11, 20199 min read
Yes, I Do
...They also showed me the harsh reality of life and death. Knowing that one day we’d be here and the next we’d not always terrified me...
Oct 10, 20198 min read
Leaving Hate Behind
I was born in 1982, grew up in and around Raleigh, North Carolina, and was raised by a mother who lived and breathed drugs...
Oct 4, 20198 min read
So, I Was Made Anew
I know she loved me, deep down, but she loved drugs more. When I was little, she tried selling me for $1,000 to fund her addiction...
Aug 6, 20198 min read
First and Foremost, I’m a Mother
Being the fourth of fourteen children, there was little love or food to go around in our household, and from an early age, I wanted out...
Jul 29, 20198 min read
A Misfit’s Redemption
I knew my peers, for we had been playing football in the streets since we could walk. Just as any normal kid would, I settled...
Apr 4, 20198 min read
Weed Barons
I’m not proud of how I reached popularity in college, but the statue of limitations has since passed, so it is what it is at this point...
Jan 17, 20198 min read
My Part Two
Most living things remain what they were at birth, however, a butterfly was once a caterpillar, and at the risk of waxing poetic, I...
Aug 17, 20187 min read
Away from the Past
Today it has become a revamped, artsy district, but when I was born in 1987, it was a place full of gangs, violence, and drugs. I thought...
Apr 6, 201811 min read
When Being Strong Was My Only Choice
My father, however, was a very adventurous person. He was not satisfied with what he had and wanted to do something different. Without...
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