Grief/Loss of a Loved One

Surviving Loud!!

Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood rape and other experiences of sexual assault. My story starts way back when I was just 3...

Use your PAIN as a STEPPING STONE

I’ll start from the beginning. So my childhood was not good. I always felt as though I was different. I always felt as though I was alone. I was not raised by my parents and I...

Determination, Boldness, Courage and Faith

I was born Monday, July 27, 1987, at 10:39 AM in Pittsburg, California. Mom and dad were together at the time of my birth. I can only imagine the extraordinary pains of going through labor...

Guts

Have you ever had a gut feeling about something and ignored it, just for it to turn out to be the worst thing in the world? Like thinking it’s a sweet choice a but your gut told you...

God, have you forsaken me?

Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood sexual assault and rape. My story is very long and it comes in traumatic waves. I have...

Grow Through It

The world looks so big through the lenses of a young girls eyes. So many opportunities, so many ways to go. Daydreaming, I would think of all the things I wanted for my life when I became a...

Houston and the NICU

My name is Ashley Hall. I am the founder of Houston’s Lift Off. This is Houston’s story. Houston was born at 25 weeks. He was born August 14th, 2015. He weighted 1 pound 3 ounces when...