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Dec 19, 20186 min read
I Will Live on
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...
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Nov 16, 20187 min read
Open Arms
My grandma remembers coming over and noticing how pale and sickly I looked as a baby. She would ask my mom, “Aren’t you going to feed her...
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Nov 15, 20187 min read
When the Day Brightens
My dad worked at IBM as a programmer and was a protective, caring, and loving man. My mom was a professional pianist and the choir...
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Oct 5, 20186 min read
On to the Next Chapter
Growing up I was as happy as a child should be. We lived in this huge empty neighborhood with only a few houses, so we had a lot of room...
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Aug 9, 20187 min read
All the Hurt
I grew up with a warped understanding of love and received little attention from my parents. I searched for affection all my life, but...
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Aug 1, 20189 min read
Free from the Inside
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...
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Jul 26, 201810 min read
Dealing from the Bottom
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...
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Jul 25, 20188 min read
All I Ever Knew
I stood outside in the two-acre backyard of my new home in Hesperia, California. The High Desert became the new place I would call home...
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May 18, 20186 min read
I Am Stronger Than These Thoughts
I’ve lived a life of self-reliance and I believe that there are times in which this is our only choice. But if you have the chance...
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May 11, 20187 min read
Behind a Beautiful World
Dad was in the Airforce, and we got posted to Hobsonville Airforce Auckland in 1973. Growing up in the Airforce community was fun...
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Apr 27, 20186 min read
Leaving Behind My Secret
In my early 20s, I lost a big part of myself. The person who I used to be was being smothered by grief and guilt. The things I once...
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Apr 24, 20186 min read
Feeling Worthy Again
I grew up thinking I was disposable. Throughout my childhood, I was passed around to several houses until my mother decided to take me...
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Apr 19, 20187 min read
From Meek to Bold
If 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...
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Apr 13, 20186 min read
I Am More Than My Past
People look at me and think they see a girl that has it all together. I rent a condo on my own, I have a loving boyfriend, and...
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Feb 23, 20186 min read
Here I Am, Smiling and Hopeful Again
It seemed that loss followed me wherever I went. Life kept throwing me curve-balls, but I tried not to stay down for long. I learned that...
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Feb 9, 20185 min read
A Warrior, Not a Worrier
But thoughts of death don’t just go away. They linger like the plague. They interject themselves at every turn and persuade you that life...
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