I am almost 71 and happy for the first time

I am almost 71 and happy for the first time

“I grew up on eggshells my whole life. I never felt safe in my own home from the time I could barely walk until I divorced by my first husband. The fear and started with my father.  When I was 18, the guy I loved with all of my heart was killed in Vietnam and my...
I am going to be okay

I am going to be okay

“I am searching for clarity. My mom kicked me out on my 18th birthday over her husband. My stepsiblings were envious of me because I had a job and was going to school and started doing things to make me look like I was the bad person. I lived with a stranger but...
I make my desserts with love

I make my desserts with love

“I am a pastry chef. I started working in restaurants and loved it. When someone says, ‘Oh my God, that was so good. I never had something like that before,’ it makes me want to keep pushing. A lady walked in angry and hungry and left doing a happy...
I have been abused all of my life

I have been abused all of my life

“My father was into weed and cocaine and abusive to my mother. He had a children’s photography studio at home and behind the studio was a hidden door that led to a room with two freezers full of cocaine.  My mother was a bartender and daddy played music in...