
Happy to Be
Sep 5, 2018 · 8 min read
I came here to tell you a story.
With these words, I began an outline for a collection of essays about growing up an Army brat with mental illness in the family. Mine was a story of chaos, instability, violence, and years of what seemed like never-ending loss. But I had pulled through these challenges, escaping the cold legacy of abuse.
Against all the odds, I’d survived teenage homelessness, drugs, and being raped…

