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As I commit my son’s story to paper I cry, my heart breaks and I feel an overwhelming sadness I cannot shake. The thoughts of this situation continue to wake me from a dead sleep every night! My son is bipolar and has been diagnosed as such since he was about 16. He had 3 suicide attempts in 30 days

The hardest part of telling you my biography is where to start. To fully understand what I have gone through and the direction my life is going, it would be beneficial to start at the beginning. I was born a native of Florida and had a normal childhood. My love for nature kept me alert and thirsty for more knowledge

I was a Special Education teacher for about 23 years, teaching all kinds of students from Mentally Challenged to Learning Disabled. I was (I think) well respected because I related to my students and treated them like people. Yes, I even gave hugs to both guys and gals!!! I was accused and convicted of touching a 16 year old male

I am the mother of a 25 year old young man who is unable to contribute to society because of a sentence he was given for a crime he committed when he was 15 years old. The Event One evening, my son, 15 years old at the time, was babysitting a friend’s daughter who was under 12. During the course

Well, here goes. I haven’t had time or heart enough to write down the entire story, but I can give you a brief synopsis. I have been a single parent for most of my sons’ lives. My 19 year-old son was just out of high school and was secretly meeting with my former girlfriend’s daughter (16). They had known each

“I came to make a new life in Florida in 1989 from California.” It was a mistake beyond my wildest dreams! In 1992 while doing research on a Documentary Film I was making, I purchased from a Adult Magazine advertisement a Adult Video that was first produced in the 1960’s in San Francisco. The purpose was to take footage from