Paige
While I was growing up, my family and I moved around a lot. We made a big move across the country when I was starting [...]
Nadia
Nadia - 2017 Graduate Growing up, I had parents who loved me, but who had an extremely dysfunctional relationship. Although I [...]
Mutsa
Mutsa - 2017 Graduate My childhood was full of abandonment and constant fear. Starting at age five, I began being sexually [...]
Lillian
Lillian - 2017 Graduate When I was 18 months old, my biological mother left my family, leaving her boyfriend to take [...]
Chelsey
Chelsey - 2017 Graduate I grew up in a broken home and was exposed to addiction and unstable men. I felt [...]
Caitlyn
Caitlyn - 2017 Graduate My childhood was full of insecurities. I had a desire to be perfect and please others, but [...]
Sydney
Sydney - 2017 Graduate Throughout my childhood, my parent’s relationship was emotionally abusive and controlling. As I grew up, we moved [...]
Brittney
Brittney - 2017 Graduate I was seven when my father flew me to live in another country without a goodbye to [...]
Megan
Megan - 2017 Graduate When I was growing up, I lived in an abusive and unstable environment. I learned about Mercy [...]
Gracie
Gracie - 2017 Graduate While I was growing up, my mother struggled with addictions. My father was a Marine and was [...]
Presley
Presley - 2017 Graduate I grew up with an alcoholic dad and a working mom. I felt very alone and didn’t [...]
Lydia
Lydia - 2017 Graduate I was born into a Christ-centered family but was exposed to perversion and endured pain. I began [...]