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Our Stories

Growing Up Too Fast
I was literally begging my Dad to allow me to stay. Another one of my Aunt’s had offered to take me in. I had options and there was zero part...
Growing Up Too Fast
I was literally begging my Dad to allow me to stay. Another one of my Aunt’s had offered to take me in. I had options and there was zero part...

Mom's Journal, Entry 4
One just does the best they can with what they have. My girls are so very important to me and will always continue to be – most all of my...
Mom's Journal, Entry 4
One just does the best they can with what they have. My girls are so very important to me and will always continue to be – most all of my...

Jennifer's Journal, Entry 5
But we were already starting to resent whatever was in those God-damn tin foil balls and empty bottles. Whatever it was, it felt like she was under their spell. We...
Jennifer's Journal, Entry 5
But we were already starting to resent whatever was in those God-damn tin foil balls and empty bottles. Whatever it was, it felt like she was under their spell. We...

Kate's Journal, Entry 5
The plan was to live with Dad in Toronto, Ontario, and do a final year of high school. I had graduated from high school in Arizona, however I was two...
Kate's Journal, Entry 5
The plan was to live with Dad in Toronto, Ontario, and do a final year of high school. I had graduated from high school in Arizona, however I was two...

Kate's Journal, Entry 4
I quickly joined the sports teams as I had always done at my three high schools previously. This was a way to make fast friends and here was no different....
Kate's Journal, Entry 4
I quickly joined the sports teams as I had always done at my three high schools previously. This was a way to make fast friends and here was no different....

Jennifer's Journal, Entry 4
Within a week, after a few ideas were mulled over and attempts for quick fixes were exhausted, Kate and I were saying goodbye at a Greyhound bus station in town. ...
Jennifer's Journal, Entry 4
Within a week, after a few ideas were mulled over and attempts for quick fixes were exhausted, Kate and I were saying goodbye at a Greyhound bus station in town. ...