Hannah
Hannah - 2015 Graduate As a child, I had to rely on myself a lot. My mom constantly moved towns and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Lauren
Lauren - 2015 Graduate I grew up in a typical Christian home, but many lies took root throughout my childhood and [...]
Kristen
Kristen - 2015 Graduate I had my first drink when I was nine. When I realized I could get away with [...]
Kira
Kira - 2015 Graduate I grew up in a Christian home, but it was not very peaceful. I was made fun [...]
Christian
Christian - 2015 Graduate Before coming to Mercy, I self-harmed everyday, barely ate, and spent most of my time alone in [...]
Cassandra
Cassandra - 2015 Graduate Shortly after I was born, my mom was diagnosed with Lupus. As much as my parents were [...]
Carly
Carly - 2015 Graduate I experienced a lot of verbal, physical and sexual abuse growing up, causing me to have a [...]
Brittany
My life was "fake" before I came to Mercy. I hid behind my bubbly personality, afraid that if people knew who I really was they [...]