I Will Miss You Forever
My parents waited anxiously for my birth as I was their first child. They loved me like no other and dotted over me, but our poverty...
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Mar 25, 20208 min read
Even When the Waves Crash, the Mountain Stands
When looking back at those days, I marvel at how far I have come. Maybe it was luck. Maybe it was desperation. Maybe I will never find out..
Mar 17, 20206 min read
The Girl Who Fought Her Own Battle
I remember the fear in my mother’s eyes...I remember the pounding of my heart. It was the first night my father came home drunk...
Dec 13, 20196 min read
To Return to Myself
But what I wish I didn’t remember— what I wish I forgot so completely—was my father’s drinking. My father’s hands as they beat me...
Dec 5, 20198 min read
The Gift of a Second Chance
With many, many patients coming his way, my father was highly esteemed—a venerated figure like a god, in fact...
Nov 27, 20199 min read
Forward Is the Only Direction
Those early years were rough on my mother as she was battling demons in the early stages of her alcoholism and drug addiction...
Nov 12, 20196 min read
Broken Shackles
It often feels like an unbearable privilege to write and make a simple living from taking all those wonderful and horrible patterns...
Nov 1, 201910 min read
You’ll Understand When You’re Older
We would grow up, and things from our childhood would start making sense. But some things are always going to be beyond our comprehension...
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 8, 20198 min read
Once a Passive Passenger
I shouldn’t have taken all those pills, I didn’t want to die. I needed to get to a phone to call 911, but it was so hard to move...
Aug 28, 20198 min read
I Love This Life Because You Are in It
They say that daughters are a blessing, but that was not my reality. You see...for years, I blamed myself for my mother’s death...
Aug 24, 20197 min read
A New Lesson
My parents taught us to work hard, help our neighbors and be respectful of others. My mum worked in an office and...
Aug 7, 20197 min read
The Courage to Move On
Together, they built a family. I had an unusual childhood as my siblings and I were the only mixed-race children in the town...
Aug 1, 20199 min read
Exhale 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...
Jul 30, 20197 min read
For What I Believed In
...I always said the same thing—I wanted to go to the zoo. Once there, I would head straight for the tiger enclosure...
Jul 27, 20197 min read
At the Finish Line
I mean things started out pretty normal I guess, but at the age of three, my mom committed suicide due to drugs and alcohol...
Jul 23, 20199 min read
Coming back from Rock Bottom
Coming from a conservative town, no one cared to learn why I didn’t have a dad. They just judged my siblings and me for it...
Jul 8, 20197 min read
When You’re Determined
We were not rich, but we lived a happy and comfortable life. I saw the world through their eyes and everything seemed wonderfully...
Jun 7, 20197 min read
A Life Full of Colors
I have lived a life of colors, starting with mostly dark shades until I finally reached the bright hues I’m in today...
Apr 11, 20197 min read
When I Decided to Stop Drowning
My childhood was a tangled mess of emotions that I still have a difficult time unraveling. There were some good memories...
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