Maggie
Maggie - 2015 Graduate I grew up in an unstable home. My mom was mentally and verbally abusive, and my dad [...]
Hannah
Hannah - 2015 Graduate As a child, I had to rely on myself a lot. My mom constantly moved towns and [...]
Haley
Haley - 2015 Graduate I was born to two wonderful parents and three playful brothers and was doted on as the [...]
Haleigh
Haleigh - 2015 Graduate I grew up in a loving but chaotic home. My parents divorced when I was really young. [...]
Emma
Emma - 2015 Graduate I grew up in a Christian home, but outside of church a lot happened to me that [...]
Debra
Debra - 2015 Graduate I was sexually abused from the age of 11 to 18. This filled me with so much [...]
Danielle
Danielle - 2015 Graduate I had a good childhood, but later in life I got involved with the wrong people and [...]
Christina
Christina - 2015 Graduate After becoming pregnant at 17, I had an abortion, which led to my 12-year battle with an [...]
Cassie
Cassie - 2015 Graduate I was adopted. I had almost no friends growing up, and I had trouble socially. I was [...]
Aisle
Aisle - 2015 Graduate I grew up in a close knit, Catholic family. We were a military family so we moved [...]
Samantha
Samantha - 2015 Graduate When I was in middle school, I was molested on a regular basis by a group of [...]
Monica
"At Mercy, I learned to apply Scripture to my life and speak truth statements about who I am in Christ. I came to see how God had been with me my entire life—even at my worst."