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Hope
I Got out of my truck and walked towards the shack. As I stepped up to the door it opened about an inch, and a double barrel shotgun stuck out of the door. At about that time I wondered if God knew what he was doing.
At that point my brother and sister walked into the room, crying uncontrollably. At that moment I knew it was true.
I know now that whatever dad has done in the past, he’s just as human as I am. Whatever my mom has done in the past, she’s just as human as I am. So there’s no reason to walk around with hate and anger towards them; withholdi...
"During the tests I felt a sense of comfort that I had never felt; like everything was going to be okay."
"The first time I heard my dad say he loved me, I was in jail.
"You’re strong and I have turned your pain into a resource for ministry.”
"Despite my story, despite my character, all they saw was this scary black guy."
I had twenty-seven operations and four plastic surgery operations. When I got out of the hospital nine months later I looked okay on the outside; but inside I was still wounded.
But I couldn’t escape the idea that suicide would be a good escape. It was like I was holding on the casket of my wife, and as morbid as it sounds was like I was being buried. I remember picturing myself breaking my grip with...
"While I thought that they were special things, my husband at the time found that journal and thought it was really weird, really strange, and told me that I was really weird."