Celeste KI-Stimmengenerator von Fish Audio

I traced my fingers over the brass nameplate on my service medal, remembering the weight of my pack during that final march. Twenty-six miles through desert heat, but it wasn't the distance that left the deepest impression - it was the faces of my brothers-in-arms beside me.

I took my son to this school like, and they told me they're inclusive and everything, but when we got there, they didn't even try to understand his needs. They just kept telling him to sit still, like they don't get that autism doesn't work that way.

You know what happened today? I was at the grocery store, and my mind started racing about all the germs on the shopping cart. And I kept thinking about my daughter touching everything, and I started imagining her getting sick. My brain just wouldn't stop creating these scenarios.

I remember when my mother finally decided to move us out of that house, and my aunt, who never really understood the situation, kept trying to convince us to stay, but I knew we couldn't go back there after everything that happened with my stepfather.

When I was 14, I broke my arm at soccer practice. My mom was at a wine tasting downtown and wouldn't answer her phone. The coach drove me to the ER himself. She finally showed up three hours later, complained about missing her event.

From humble beginnings in Portland, Oregon, Sarah Thompson discovered her passion at age twelve. She excelled in both swimming and track, breaking records at Lincoln High School. By fourteen, her dedication to athletics would shape her entire future.

You know, raising my girls while trying to rebuild my career was really challenging, and people had their opinions about everything I did. But I had to stay strong and focused because at the end of the day, my kids needed me, and that's what really mattered.

They look at my past, my work, everything I've done to survive, and they use it against me. The system, the media, they don't see me as a mother, just headlines. My children suffer because society can't separate who I am from what I did.