by waac | Aug 30, 2024 | More Than My Mugshot
I am more than the worst thing I have ever done; you are more than the worst thing you’ve ever done, too. I was a good student, I was an honor student. One drunken night everything changed. It took some time to stop feeling worthless, valueless, voiceless,...
by waac | Aug 30, 2024 | More Than My Mugshot
Every choice you make, there are consequences – good and bad. You gotta live with that. And sometimes you don’t realize you’re making choices until it’s too late. I grew up in a dysfunctional family – which included abuse. At home, away from home: neighbors, alcohol,...
by waac | Aug 30, 2024 | More Than My Mugshot
I was young nurse, overwhelmed with life. I’d have periods where I could keep it together, and periods where I’d fall apart. At one point, I used other people’s credit cards to support a drug habit. After my conviction, I went to prison and I lost my kids to the...
by waac | Aug 30, 2024 | More Than My Mugshot
It’s strange what life hands you. My husband and I both come from amazing, solid families—and we worked hard to create the same for our children and for the hundreds of foster care kids we cared for over the years; I truly believed we were living the dream. But all of...
by waac | Aug 30, 2024 | More Than My Mugshot
I carry them with me. The things I’ve done and got away with, the things I didn’t do and was accused of. I was in a gang, a brotherhood. I was rebellious and reckless and for one night, I was kind of a ringleader. Actually, I was the ringleader. We took some things...
