by sarah | Oct 3, 2026 | Voices of Hope
My granddaughter and two great nephews aren’t in foster care. I raise them on my disability. In 2018, I went through my second divorce, and I had a bad accident. My foot was nearly cut off. I’d already had knee replacements, and after five surgeries on my...
by sarah | Sep 28, 2026 | Voices of Hope
Nobody would open their door to me. Not my family. Not my friends. I grew up in Conway, Missouri, on a farm with my mom, my dad, and my two older brothers. We had go karts, mini bikes, and the freedom that came with growing up in the country. I had everything I...
by sarah | Sep 21, 2026 | Voices of Hope
I walked into Celebrate Recovery and thought, I don’t belong here.I grew up in Phillipsburg, Missouri. A small town farm girl, riding bikes on gravel roads and swimming in ponds. I went to school in Conway all thirteen years.I was an athlete. I went to church...
by sarah | Sep 13, 2026 | Voices of Hope
I thought I was being a good parent. When I was little, my mom spread out a map and threw a dart at it. Buffalo, Missouri. She packed up my brother, my sister, my grandma, and me. That’s how I ended up starting kindergarten in Missouri. We were always moving....
by sarah | Sep 9, 2026 | Voices of Hope
I can’t stand it when people introduce somebody by their struggle. I was born in Fort Wainwright, Alaska. My dad was Air Force, avionics on the B1 bomber, and we moved around a lot when I was young. I don’t remember much of Alaska. What I know of it is...
by sarah | Aug 29, 2026 | Voices of Hope
You don’t get to pick your hard. We moved to Lebanon when I was three. Before that, my family was living in Saudi Arabia. My dad was a chemical engineer for a company that built oil refineries and manufacturing facilities all over the world. My mom didn’t...
