My name is Noblelee Dawn Cook-Wright, and this is my story… I was born July 23,1974. I had an older sister who was 6, and an older...

I keep questioning if it’s possible to feel a true sense of belonging with others when we don’t feel right with ourselves, especially...

As far back as I can remember, I suffered from extreme self-esteem and self-love issues. When you combine a substance abuse disorder with...

Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in...

Finding hope is a process. It moves like the ocean – ebbs, flows, crashes on me, suddenly slips away. Sitting with it long enough, it may...

It was the summer after 8th grade: I was excited, and I had lots of friends and a boy I cared about. But my Dad forced me to go spend the...

Set Up for Success I got my first job when I was 15 – a hostess at Plush Pippin, a diner built around its pies. Other than the giant pie...

I would often wonder at the local election as I cast my ballot: What difference does my one little vote actually matter in this world?...

I am supposed to write this piece about what the world would miss if I wasn’t here. Instead, I find my mind floating to all the doubts...