November 17th 1998-September 13th 2021, on that night my story almost ended. The dreams I had as a kid to grow old, have a family and my dream job, wouldn’t have even had a chance to manifest. Unfortunately life has a way of changing those dreams, sometimes allowing us to reach them and sometimes crushing…
Author: Ryan Jackson
Ryan Jackson is a blogger currently attending Georgia State University, majoring in Sports Management.
New Year, No Change
“True change isn’t easy, it’s going to challenge you and it’s going to take sacrifice.” 334 days of feeling like a dark cloud has just followed you around everywhere you went. Only the first 31 of those days feel like maybe this could be the year everything goes right. For a long time I think…
The Mask
For 13 years of my life I’ve hidden my pain from family, friends and peers. Seemingly fine on the outside, but inside I was suffering far more than anyone could imagine. I like to think that somewhere along the way I could have just spoken up, but thankfully the same boy hiding from the world…