I remember it like yesterday, jumping late at night, with all of my clothes on, into the dark lake waters. I was young, enthusiastic, wanting to live full force, with nothing holding me back. But as the years have crept on me, the diapers have needed changing, as religious duty and obligations have been exchanged for […]

I jumped through the window of my two bedroom duplex, just blocks from the street known for drugs and prostitutes. I lost my key, and was afraid of the landlord. I didn’t know him and feared him being harsh or judgmental. Still, it was there I spent hours sitting on the kitchen counters talking to my […]