For the following two weeks I attended my classes, worked at the thrift store while wrestling with my kid's new home (Myrtle Beach)...

As Easter approaches tomorrow, I am reminded of the total sacrifice of love and the fact that Jesus suffered too...on my and your behalf....

I was in treatment for two weeks when I received the phone call that my grandfather, pawpaw Patterson passed away. He had been very sick....

I walked to the dorm room building. I was stationed on the second floor by the supervisor's room (Norma). Norma Jean called me her baby...

Jodie listened to my concerns without judgement of my current situation. She asked how I thought I was going to travel back to Atlanta. I...

After my intrusive thoughts calmed down, I fell asleep. My mama woke me up the following morning with homemade biscuits and tomato gravy....

I walked to my friend's home. The front door was unlocked as I made my way through the house to the backdoor where everyone was located...

I clearly was not functioning from my own self as my body, mind, and spirit were consumed by cocaine and vodka. I was inhabited by a...

I jumped out of the car and ran. My paranoia was in overdrive as I made one terrible decision after another. A couple of hours later, it...

After 13 days, the day of my release from the psychiatric unit had come. I woke that morning consumed with anxiety and flabbergasted that...

I decided after my original 72hr 1013 hold deemed by my parents and the psychiatric hold by the doctor I needed to 'unruffle my feathers'...

The next couple of days, I had my daily check-in with the doctor as I kindly asked, "will you release me today?" He said, "no." (By the...

Finally, Monday. The day the doctor will speak to me and let me out of this cage. That was my thought process. I was awakened by the...

Early the following day, I was transported to the psych unit. I was very quiet as I went through the motions. Once I arrived at the...

November 2019, the day my daddy drove to Georgia and found me in a very distraught state -of -mind was the last day I lived in Georgia. ...

If the lies keep you safe make you feel you have the upper hand. I will stay hushed. Go ahead, call me names. Am I or you the one who was...

The counterfeits. What is a counterfeit? A fraudulent imitation of something else; a forgery. It is a "knock-off." A distraction. A...

This morning, while reading my devotional, it spoke on the tongue. Words are powerful. Words reveal our thoughts, heart, and impact...

I walked in my apartment. I turned on my phone; I had no service. I walked out my driveway unto my neighbors. She was an older lady...

I listened to music, drank my second bottle of wine, and dressed myself in white pants and my silk- orange flower shirt. I wanted to be...