I was out of that hospital and held the keys to our new, gorgeous apartment, all thanks to my brother. Sammy and I got new jobs and things seemed to be going in a positive direction...until Sammy’s financial irresponsibility put all the pressure on me and things took a turn for the worst.

At my witts end, living like a hermit, with my husband’s family, I received news that devastated me & left me feeling like an orphan. In response, I drank an entire bottle of vodka, then dragged myself to find help before I died of alcohol poisoning.

After a financial breakdown we move into hell with my husband’s family at his parents house

After Mami’s passing my husband & I accidentally learn that my dad put the house up for sale. What a surprise. We had to leave, but had nowhere to go.

Erupting in fever, I wished to throw myself over my mothers casket as she was lowered into the earth, in the freezing rain. Some things you can never get over...

My dance partner, turned fiancé almost two years later. We soon married and I was overjoyed, until my mother became terminally ill just a few months into our marriage.

A dreamy dance as I fell for my dance partner at our churches annual celebration of St. Martin De Porres.

It was the best summer of my life! My aunt brought my siblings and I each a pet duck and chicken!!!! I cannot tell you how happy I was...until 5 months later our pets were served to us , burnt on a plate.

A normal day becomes a living nightmare. I was 10 years old & I can’t recall my crime, but Mami threatened to tell my dad when he got home. Dreadfully in fear I hid myself under the staircase in the darkness & depths of my basement.

A day in my life as a 7 year old child. The horrors of incest, my fears...my world...a complete disassociation. My classmates...children can be so cruel.