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...
by sarah | Aug 28, 2026 | Voices of Hope
When people tell me I can’t do something, I think, well, could I? I grew up in Neosho, Missouri. Sports were my life. I played three sports a year all through high school. It was fun, but it was also my outlet. Whatever frustrations I had, that is where they went. I...
by sarah | Aug 18, 2026 | Voices of Hope
Jason had asked me to prom junior year. I said no. I couldn’t afford a dress. I grew up military. I was born in Memphis, Tennessee, spent my elementary years in Japan, and lived more places than I can count. By the time I graduated high school, I was in Rapid City,...
by sarah | Aug 8, 2026 | Voices of Hope
I was eight years old when I decided the world would be better off without me. I grew up in a little Iowa town called Lockridge. One stop sign. Rural school, kindergarten through sixth grade, then everybody got bussed into the bigger school for junior high and high...
