I have lived a life of colors, starting with mostly dark shades until I finally reached the bright hues I’m in today...

Weekends were filled with helping my dad around the house and maybe going to the movies or hanging out with friends one day a week...

I believe that all experiences in life are the stepping stones that eventually lead to one’s truth. And so, I would like to share my...

My childhood was a tangled mess of emotions that I still have a difficult time unraveling. There were some good memories...

My childhood was full of laughter, smiles, and love...I thought back then that nothing could bring me down...

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...

I, conversely, was born with a creative mind and a depressive disorder that manifested in some of the worst and weirdest ways. My talent...

My father owned an ice cream shop a couple blocks from our house. His dream was a colorful candy store but with the blistering heat...

My father left my hometown of Harrison, Arkansas when I was still a baby and never came back to us, and my mother’s on-again-off-again...

Being the granddaughter of a famed, yet tormented writer is both a blessing and a curse. My grandmother and the other women in my line...

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...

Most living things remain what they were at birth, however, a butterfly was once a caterpillar, and at the risk of waxing poetic, I...

While many women in their 20s were enjoying college life, my mom was trying to keep up with her classes and work two jobs all while she...

When people look at me, they see a happy woman, slow to take and quick to give. What they don’t know is the harsh truth under this smile...

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

As a child, it seemed like the world around me inspired the power of creativity flowing into my hungry, curious mind. Filled with...

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...

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...

Let me take you back to when I was just six years old. My chronic asthma was a plague against my childhood, as I was in the hospital more...

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...