I’m pregnant, trembled out of my mouth. I was 16. My mom looked at me with shame, told me to move out
I was only sixteen when I sat on my bed crying, holding a positive pregnancy test. I’d spent the last year in a relationship with …
Aleena Hassan
I’m not scared to die. I’m scared to be forgotten.’ I had no words, just tears
I’ll never forget that phone call. I was in Washington, D.C. for work, heading to a meeting when my phone rang. I was sitting in …
Her last breath was taken doing what she loved just like that, she’s gone
Her car is still parked outside where I work. It’s just sitting there. Plain, quiet. But it means everything to me. She was my best …
She will live in total darkness. You are getting in over your head, we heard.
As I sit here writing, a little hand keeps tapping my leg. She isn’t feeling well today. Some new pain or sickness we don’t fully …
Momma, I ‘dopted now!’ My son was bitten, strangled, and starved. He had 15 broken bones
My son was born in October 2016 on a Native American booking in Montana. At first, he seemed like any other healthy baby. But when …