Hello Dear Friend

Tortured. Tormented. Possessed. These are all words that could be used to describe my adolescence. For most of my childhood, all my teens, and into my early twenties I lived in a world stuck in the bondage that fear brought.

Stepping out of the local tavern, Mary’s eyes squint from the bright sun. She stands still for a few moments to let them adjust

I remember vacationing with a friend in Alaska a few years back and we attempted to go hiking. It was mid-May and the bears were just waking