I Rose from the Ashes

As a little girl, I remember being told, "Why don''t you kill yourself-you are just taking air from someone who deserves it." That was my mother who said that. She reminded me almost daily how stupid I was, that she hated me, and how no one wanted me.

After hearing those things and being passed around on a constant basis to live with strangers along with abuse from her, I started to believe what I ...