It takes internal courage to refuse to be intimidated by fire.
When it comes to pain, there’s no more painful way to die than
to be consumed by flames. There’s a reason why people who had different
religious views or who had looked at the world in different ways
were burned at the stake during the Dark Ages. The people
inflicting that kind of punishment knew exactly how painful it was….
For as long as I can remember, I lived with one unshakable truth: I was adopted, and I should be “grateful” for it. Those were the words…
Most mornings, long before the city fully wakes, I push an old cart down five slow blocks toward the park—my easel rattling, paint tubes nearly empty, and…
It happened on a night I’ll never forget—one of those bitter November evenings when the cold slices straight through you. We were celebrating my husband Mark’s birthday,…
What should have been the beginning of the happiest chapter of my life instead became the day everything shattered. I was alone in our home, cramping and…
Most parents hope prom night is filled with excitement, not power plays — but when my ex-husband’s new wife arrived waving a $1,000 designer gown, her real…
The red carpets of Hollywood seem a world away from the cold, institutional walls of a federal prison. Yet, this is the exact, unbelievable setting where one of…