I had a good early childhood...However, happiness is easy to be interrupted. All that changed when I started secondary school...

As a young girl, my parents sensed that things weren’t right with me. I would jump back and forth between doing things. I would start...

But even so, my existence was not enough to save her beautiful soul. To know my story, you must know my mother’s first...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 grew up thinking I was disposable. Throughout my childhood, I was passed around to several houses until my mother decided to take me...

I peeked inside to see my father destroying everything in his path. He was on one of his drunken rampages again. My mother was trying...