The following month I was set to start classes.  I chose to do it with an open mind and heart.…

If you had ever asked me when I was small where I saw myself or wanted to be as an…

I chose very early on that I wanted to maintain this unique and private relationship with God that I had.…

It wasn’t long after arriving at the safe house, I was asked to help create a schedule of things to…

The following morning I was groggy.  I didn’t want to get out of my amazing bed.  I felt like I…

The first night at the safe house was surprisingly peaceful.  There were no police sirens, no barking dogs, no fighting,…

The safe house had been explained to me before I ever arrived.  I knew that the safe house only had…

When I first got to Living in Liberty’s safe house, I was nervous.  Here I was back in the same…

At about the two month mark, I did something that no other client in the history of that halfway house…

The next stop was a halfway house.  It was a halfway house that was a part of the Cove.  In…

It wasn’t very often that clients received random calls to their counselor office.  And though it didn’t happen very often,…

While I was in the jail, I had a radio, too.  And ironically enough, there was terrible radio reception.  But,…

While I continued my 30-day journey at the Cove, I found myself spending most of my time alone, mostly by…

As the steel doors all slid and closed behind me (a sound we never forget), my heart started to pound.…

As the days ticked down, I waited impatiently for my name to be called… I found myself praying over and…

After being incarcerated for two months, I was accepted into the HOPE program which is roughly a three month program.…

It was at this time, that I struggled to know what was truth and what was false indoctrination. But as…

Once I was accepted into the Hope program at Allegheny County jail and my internal and emotional walls were being…

And so became my journey of journaling and writing letters home.  And by home I mean with God, not so…

Another whisper from God.  Less than 30 days after I interviewed for the Hope program in jail, I was accepted. …