She Has a Name

My name is Blythe Crow and I am nineteen years old. I go to Fort Lewis College in Durango Colorado. I am from Grand Junction Colorado where my Dad started a small church called Heart of Junction. For most of my life I just kind of went through the motions-…

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The Sandwich Generation

Original video was published on Upworthy as a Promoted Post By Whirlpool I am apart of the sandwich generation. I am a single mother with a twelve-year-old son and a father who also resides with me. At one point, we had my disabled uncle living with us also. As a family,…

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Veronika Scott

Her name is Veronika Scott. She is 24 years old and is the CEO and Founder of The Empowerment Plan in Detroit, Michigan. Veronika Scott is the definition of the word EMPOWERMENT. What first was a school project to fill a need in a community, became a life long imprint…

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The girl who slept in her car on her graduation night

I watched this video recalling memories of my own childhood. Having a car to sleep in and washing up at the 24 hour Fitness was just as creative as climbing through windows and sneaking showers and borrowing clean clothes from others. When my book, How Far Will I Run A Memoir…

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