I was a senior in high school and close to having a full-ride scholarship to the University of Tulsa for an art degree. The University was waiting for my final G.P.A. and graduation, but then I met John. I was working at Arby’s when I met him. Henry worked the backline and I ran the front....
I never really thought that I was worthy of a story, because I never suffered the way people close to me have. But everybody’s struggles are different and no matter how big or how small, they are all real. Truthfully my struggles were most of the time completely self-inflicted. I put myself in harms way...
It all started one summer afternoon, it’s amazing how you can just remember every detail of one event. I still see the door, the keys I used to open it. I was three years old, spending the summer at my grandma’s house with my uncle. She was making dinner, I got bored and wanted to go outside. So I snuck...
“There’s beauty in all imperfections” You are never really prepared for traumatic events to happen in your life. So at 19 becoming an amputee was the last thing I thought would happen. I was a full time college student studying to be a nurse, working as a CNA at the hospital, and enjoying my new...
