I am afraid of being buried alive

I am afraid of being buried alive

“What scares you?” I am scared of change. We have moved around so often and changed so many different schools, that as soon as I start making friends and finding myself, that it is time to move again. But change is also where I am discovering myself. If things...
Cutting hair saved me

Cutting hair saved me

“I have had this barbershop for 15 years. I got into barbering while I was in prison. I was arrested for drug trafficking in 1988. That was my first time to be arrested. I went to college for two years, did three years in the Army and just got out when I was caught. I...
I am a fixer

I am a fixer

“I am going to be a sophomore in high school. Last year was my first year in the South. My mom is from Mobile and we visited every year. I have a complex family tree and am an only child with different groups of stepbrothers and stepsisters. I have lived in 13 houses...
I stick to the roots of where I come from

I stick to the roots of where I come from

“I was raised in the country in Louisiana. We rode horses and 4-wheelers and raised everything we ate. My grandfathers on both sides of the family were sheriffs. If I acted up, I got in trouble with everyone. I played football in Daphne and at Kansas State. I got hurt...