Photographer, Writer, Storyteller

Were you ever afraid of the dark? Do you remember as a child, running quickly to turn on the light, then running to the next one, and turning that one on to ward off the monsters you knew were lurking about? What would you do if those monsters were in your head and they never left you, even when the light was turned on?

His monsters are real and they are telling him that he doesn’t matter and they are angry but he can’t explain why. There is a always a battle, and depending on the day, he’s never sure who will win.

He didn’t know until later on in his life the man that stared back at him in the mirror every morning was destined to be a her.   She peered out from behind him hidden in the dark shadows waiting for him to take notice of her.  She was patient and let him take his time realizing who he was born to be.  

If you ask him, he will tell you, there were signs along the way but nothing that stood out drastically.  He never fully realized that he wasn’t living his authentic self, but as the signs grew stronger, he started to pay attention to them.  

He grew up in an abusive home so it was ‘normal’ for him to act out towards her the way that he did.  She thought her love could change him and by giving him so much of her love, it would fill in all his broken pieces and make him whole again; but it didn’t and never could and she knows that now.  

She’s been a working girl for over 10 years now; her addictions led her to this path of no return.  She feels lucky to be alive everyday as her work is demeaning and dangerous.