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Jan 8, 20218 min read
The Mother I Imagined
| This is the 550th story of Our Life Logs® | Growing up, I would hear people say things about my mother. She was a crackhead. A...
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Jan 24, 20208 min read
No Longer a Victim
People used to look at me and see nothing more than an addict who couldn’t keep a needle out of her arm long enough to...
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Dec 4, 20197 min read
When Horizons Fall
Teaching, preaching, writing, and interacting with students of all ages gave me a sense of satisfaction, and I was happy...
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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...
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Sep 19, 20197 min read
14 Years Later
We had many adventures and shenanigans together. Unfortunately, both Stephen and I were influenced easily by peers...
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May 21, 20197 min read
Inviting Demons
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...
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Apr 23, 20197 min read
Always Beginning
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...
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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...
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Mar 14, 20197 min read
The Scars Tell My Story
But then…it was all over, and they divorced when I was just three years old. My dad moved on to yet another young gorgeous woman...
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Mar 1, 20198 min read
From the Mud
But even so, my existence was not enough to save her beautiful soul. To know my story, you must know my mother’s first...
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Feb 15, 20197 min read
A Man’s Redemption
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...
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Sep 21, 20186 min read
For the Better
I have always been an easy-going person. Most of my life, I had basically had one mood: happy, more than able to roll with the punches.
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Sep 12, 20187 min read
A True Power
As a child, it seemed like the world around me inspired the power of creativity flowing into my hungry, curious mind. Filled with...
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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...
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Aug 15, 20187 min read
Sober and Stronger
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...
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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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Mar 1, 20187 min read
My Heart’s Resolve
I couldn’t remember the last time dad wasn’t sick. Mom had never been consistently in my life due to her mental illness. Dad did a great...
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