Awakening
My parents married really young and had a total of 12 kids. Sadly, eight died in infancy, leaving them only four to raise...
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Jan 31, 20209 min read
Life Without Drugs
More to get him to shut up than anything else, I walked to the sliding glass doors.
I’ll be damned. Two dudes were climbing the fence...
Oct 15, 20199 min read
There Is Life After Opioids
Good, no one had robbed me of my pain pills. I pulled out my trusty relievers and tossed a handful back. I could be without a home...
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...
Jan 24, 20198 min read
The Wound Is Where the Light Comes In
Being the granddaughter of a famed, yet tormented writer is both a blessing and a curse. My grandmother and the other women in my line...
Jan 19, 20199 min read
The Thinnest of Threads
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...
Jan 17, 20198 min read
My Part Two
Most living things remain what they were at birth, however, a butterfly was once a caterpillar, and at the risk of waxing poetic, I...
Dec 18, 20186 min read
The Reason
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...
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.
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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