It was a great a place to grow up in the 80s. It is where I have all my childhood memories, where I met my husband, and where we go to...

I had dreams, plans, and a strong will to achieve. When that all went out of the window, I was not left with despair. Instead, I was left...

For as long as I can remember, all I desired was a simple life for my family, alone in the wilderness. This wasn’t without struggle...

And while both were “uneducated” (in the sense that my father dropped out after 8th grade, and my mother had never been to school a day...

If you are wondering what it was like, just picture farmland, connected to more farmland, all serving as the resting place for groups...

Sadly, she wasn’t taught to make her own needs a priority in life. It was a product of the time, when sexism more avidly kept women in...

I grew up with a warped understanding of love and received little attention from my parents. I searched for affection all my life, but...

Before all the construction took over, I would walk up to the hills that weren’t cleared off and breathe in the summer air. You could see...

My grandparents raised me and my cousin, Lance, after my parents divorced when I was five. We lived in a trailer. Grandpa made our...