Once An Orphan

Stephanieanne is a TESTIMONY! From a young girl, she had an attraction for other girls. Growing up in the UK, to Jamaican-born parents, she knew her homosexual lifestyle wasn't a thing they would ever accept. However, the lustful feelings continued to arouse, and she believed life as a man would be the only fitting lifestyle for herself. She had comfort in sleeping with women and the thought to transition her body would only make sense.

What Stephanie didn't know, however, was that while she was transitioning her body, God was transitioning her soul and what you see is not only the faces of a woman, believing she could live as a man, but a DISCIPLE, A BELIEVER, and a warrior on the battlefield for our Lord.

Ta'Za Simone was a normal child, growing up in a home with her mother and older sister. So, how did she end up pregnant and giving birth to her mother's boyfriend's child at 12 years old?

Known for her Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes exercise, the only and only Jane Elliott sat for a conversation with me. The anti-racism activist has been committed to changing the theory of race by skin color for several decades. An educator who believes there's only one race, she stands completely against people being recognized as "Black" and "White." There's only one race-the human race.

In his very early years, @boujeeboy95 was just a "normal" kid. After his parents split, he was shared between two homes. At the young age of 7, his older cousin by 10/11 years introduced him to sex through homosexuality. He was raped. He was traumatized. After a number of times, he became what he was a victim of. Can this really happen in the Arab community and Muslim faith? Well, of course! But with that, he was disowned by his father and for a short time, his relationship with his mother was estranged. But let him tell it.

On Instagram, he's unleavened_bread1 and he faced a hard life being bounced around in foster care. From one home to the next and center to center, he found it hard to make friends and fit in. While his mother dealt with addiction, the state gave his father a difficult time to gain custody. Naturally, this would cause a child to feel alone. A year out of high school, Triston felt like life was no longer worth living and with a 12 gauge shotgun, attempted to take his own life.

Ms. Melanie was just a toddler when she was molested by her grandfather. Unaware of what he was doing, her 5 year old mind couldn't fathom why he would want to kill her, but he wasn't! Not understanding how she was being used for his orgasm, she felt like her life was ending.

Born Tiera Rice, at two weeks old, @Tiera-Marie was sold for $10,000 and an 8 ball; her name was changed to Candice Flores. Truth didn't come until she was 15 years old, when she learned her "parents" weren't her parents and her biological mother was in jail for murder. As the result of her aunt's heavy drug addiction, she was commodity and became the exchange.

Most times we hear about domestic abuse, it's assumed that the woman is victim. Pastor Michael Neely from the New Millennium Community Church of Tampa, Florida discusses why he was abused, how it started, why he stayed.

Toni made the very tough decision to pull her son off of life support after the doctors informed he would only live in a vegetative state after suffering the abuse of his own father.

Witnessing the events that led to Mikkah's death was his 12-year old brother, who saw the 13-month old's father swinging the toddler by his neck. Yes, justice was served, as he will now serve life without parole, plus 110 years, but what about the family? How did they go on? Toni shares how this devastating event led to how she became close to her other two children,

Imagine wanting to have a good time and deciding to try pills for fun. Now, you're addicted to those pills, heroin, crack, cocaine and fentanyl. If that's not bad enough, your criminal life, involving prostitution, sends you straight to jail, but only AFTER your fiance calls you in. Getting booked, you find out, "You're pregnant" and your life changes, but for better or worse? Sarah tells her story.