I don’t want people to think that this is a whining, victim account of a blog. I never have and never will be a victim. This is my channel to raise awareness that things aren’t... Read more >>

I am sitting on my lanai on the Hawaiian island of Kauai with my fortieth birthday only hours away. As the waves from the Pacific Ocean crash against the rocks below, I can’t help but feel... Read more >>

I did not have a life like most six-year-old’s; I was being molested by a close family member. My abuse lasted until I was about eleven years old. I soon turned to drugs, alcohol, and sex. I had... Read more >>

And as far as the eye could see, people were lined up to cross the bridge in downtown Nashville, Tennessee one crispy day in October 2008. The crowd was full of young women, children, fathers,... Read more >>

I woke up this morning feeling somewhat hopeful. It has been many days that I have not. You see, I have come to realize that I am a true survivor of life. I grew up motherless and with... Read more >>

We can find a cure for breast cancer. We must. With over 40,000 deaths last year, we must stand up and say that this is unacceptable. 40,000 families have a void in their life. Their loved... Read more >>

I never knew I was a victim of any form of domestic violence until eight years later. My image of it was that of an old Lifetime movie on a Sunday: a middle-aged white woman in the suburbs getting... Read more >>

It was fall of 1999. We were both students at Neumann College in Aston, Pennsylvania. Two different people from two different places who didn’t know each other. Todd, originally... Read more >>

New Year’s resolutions—does anyone take them seriously anymore? Usually, people make New Year’s resolutions with the intent of replacing bad habits with healthier ones: “I... Read more >>

As I was walking down the street I was thinking about how I was going to spend this money and where I was going to go; just then I came up on an alley. I saw a chair in the alley. The... Read more >>