I went to public school until my first year of middle school, and after that, I left and went to school on an army base...

I once met a woman named Mary, and Mary was quite contrary. She loved planting and making things grow. We met in LA, and ever since...

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...

Have you ever met someone that was such a complement to your soul that meeting them was like discovering a color you had never seen...

I pried my eyes away from the TV screen to look out the window, to the trees, to the sunlight…to that strange world out there that gave...

At this point, the band had been on the road for days. Our clothes were glued to our bodies with sweat and our muscles winced from nights...

With politics dividing this country, and “Nazi” being used on both sides of the divide, I often wonder how people can come back together...

For the first 16 years of my life, I never had the courage to stand up for myself. I let people walk all over me. I was meek and lived...

My life was never perfect. I went through some obstacles that would normally scar a child. I experienced losses in my family that pushed...