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Growing Up In The 70s As The Only Black Child In My Town

Things were a lot safer in my neighborhood than in my house.

Sep 2, 2024

Several white children and one black girl holding hands and walking up a dirt hill.

Sep 2, 2024

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A Real Earthquake Was Nothing Compared to the Tremors of My Sanity

I fled to California, changed my name, and discovered who I was meant to be

Nov 13, 2024

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Nov 13, 2024

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How a Job at a Child’s Dream Store From the 70s Became My Worst Nightmare

No one knew I was only 15 when they locked us in at night.

Nov 1, 2024

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Nov 1, 2024

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This Is Not Your Typical Birthmother’s Story

I wanted kids my whole life, yet I placed my twins in an open adoption at 41.

Jul 13, 2024

This Is Not Your Typical Birthmother’s Story

Jul 13, 2024

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The Memoirist

I Was 15. She Was 7. We Ran Away to Atlantic City.

There were no parents, no permission, just a roller coaster and a promise

Apr 13

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Apr 13

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Age of Empathy

I Crossed the Border To Escape My Past, but My Past Was Waiting for Me

I thought I was running toward freedom until I found myself trapped again

Mar 30

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Mar 30

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The Parenting Portal

The Humiliation of Being Attacked by My Eight-Year-Old Son in Public

He screamed. He hit. He raged. But I stayed–and I always will

Mar 15

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Mar 15

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Deep. Sweet. Valuable.

The Words You Speak and Hear Have The Power to Make or Break You

How a Florida skateboard league’s music shattered my child’s confidence

Mar 9

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Mar 9

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Black Bear

How a Childhood Song Held My Secret Until I Was Ready to Tell My Story

Revisiting the song and sharing my story is helping me finally release the sadness

Feb 10

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Feb 10

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the Challenged

I Thought I Had Everything Until I Let It All Go

Two weeks without comfort taught me what truly matters

Jan 30

Author with two young Guatemalan boys at the square where they taught the townspeople to skateboard.

Jan 30

Grace Uncaged

Grace Uncaged

Freed by God’s grace, Jesus defines me. Mama to Lone Wolf, Compass, and Warrior, I show up even when battles wound me. I’m walking in grace that won’t be caged.

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