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“I lost 120 pounds after someone took a picture of me and I didn't like how I looked. I started losing the weight in...

“I grew up in Kentucky. My parents fought a lot and my mom cheated on my dad. There was so much unhappiness in my...

"I was a Duck Boat guide for over two years. I needed a part-time job to get through college. I thought it would be a...

“I have been working at McDonald's for two weeks. I worked at Walmart for four years before this. I have been working...

"I am a voice for my daughter Rancey, who can't speak for herself. She is a classic case of Rett Syndrome. She is...

“I am waiting for my kids' mother. This is the halfway point between Houston where she lives and Savannah, Georgia,...

“I am from Plaisance. My daddy died when I was five. My mama spoke French but didn't let us speak it. If company came...

“I was a truck driver before that but I got bored and opened Thibs Boudin & Cracklin. I used to make boudin and...

“I grew up in Bayou DuLarge south of Houma. We had little traps and caught crawfish in ditches. I have two brothers...

"We lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but my father passed and my mother moved us back to her home to Jackson,...

“Phillip was like Santa Claus. He had a sad childhood and I was an only child of affluent people. We met and had the...

"I love you and miss you dearly. I'll be home soon and I promise not to leave you again. With all my love.  Billie Da...