Mackenzie
Mackenzie - 2017 Graduate I was born to very young parents who loved me deeply. My parents had faced difficult trials [...]
Illena
Illena - 2017 Graduate Growing up, I was emotionally and verbally abused by my parents. I became filled with fear and [...]
Shannon
Shannon - 2017 Graduate I grew up in a normal family. My dad was in seminary, and my mom stayed at home [...]
Tasha
Tasha - 2017 Graduate I was born to a single mom who struggled with addictions. When I was four years old, [...]
Kaitlyn
Kaitlyn - 2017 Graduate As a child, I longed for my dad’s love, acceptance, and attention. However, I didn’t get it [...]
Kailey
Kailey - 2017 Graduate I grew up in a Christian home with amazing parents. However, I felt very sheltered as a [...]
Corrin
Corrin - 2017 Graduate I’m not sure when I began struggling with an eating disorder. I've had an unhealthy relationship with [...]
Briana
I grew up in a very dysfunctional home. There was always a lot of fighting. I never felt safe, and I always felt alone. At [...]
Valerie
Valerie - 2017 Graduate I struggled with anxiety and depression from a very young age and would eventually turn to drugs, [...]
Lindsey
Lindsey - 2017 Graduate I grew up in a Christian home and had an amazing family. Although my childhood wasn't perfect, [...]
Ruth
Ruth - 2017 Graduate I was born into a Christian home and accepted Christ as my Lord and Savior as a [...]
Sarah
I struggled with anxiety since birth. I couldn't self soothe like most infants can. The first panic attack I remember having was at age five. [...]