How can I describe the past few months of this project? I have shed tears with the people I have met; I have labored over the words to tell their stories; I have learned gleaned blessings from the wisdom they have shared.

And oh, what wisdom they have.

I began this proce...

Beth grew up like most little girls do, dreaming of a fairy tale life. 

When she was five years old, Beth’s parents were divorced. Her father had been having a secret affair for over seven years. He later went on to marry her, and Beth’s mother remarried as well.

For mos...

I met with Leanne on a brisk Thursday morning. We sat on the couch while she stirred granola into her bowl of yogurt, and Leanne began to tell me her beautiful story. It was not the events of her life that I found extraordinary, but the peace she exuded and the grace s...

Maybe you find it a little overwhelming, being faced with the raw reality of these stories. To be honest, I find it a little overwhelming to write them. What can we do with all this? 

This post is dedicated to providing 5 key guidelines to keep in mind, so that we can r...

You wouldn’t know it when you meet Jenna.

Her confident, easygoing posture and unassuming nature would never lead you to suspect that her life is inextricably tangled in a complicated knot.

For the first ten years of her life, Jenna grew up in an average home with two Ch...

Ellie is a chipper, fun-loving sophomore in college with a beautiful smile and contagious laugh. Her closest friends know her silliest side, but she is an introvert at heart, content to stand quietly in the background.

Although she has wonderful, rich friendships at col...

What if you had a secret that isolated you from nearly everyone you knew? What if your secret was so weighty that you couldn't tell your own mother for fear it would tear her apart? What if you had to create a support system of complete strangers to survive?

This is wha...