When Eli was 10 years old, his parents broke up and his safe and happy world was torn apart. "I was restless and rebellious. I was trying to fill a hole I had inside…”...
Nicole was a sad and anxious little girl, overwhelmed by her emotions. “I struggled with really intense feelings that nobody else could understand,” she says....
Tom sat alone in his motel room, his mind reeling, his heart pounding. “It was the first time I’d ever been homeless,” he says. “I was scared to death.”...
Duane grew up believing that he was a mistake, inadequate, and destined for failure. “I had a bad speech problem, so kids always made fun of me,” he says. “And I was mentally abused by my parents. They always put me down, saying I wouldn’t...
Lyndon sat in the motorhome in the darkness, cold and lonely, thinking about the choices he’d made so many years ago that had brought him to this place.
“I’d just gotten married and my wife and I started experimenting with drugs. She stopped using, but I...