Overcoming odds Stories

The night sky in Jackson, Mississippi, was a glimmering canvas of twinkling stars, with the moon shining bright like a beacon calling out to Kehlani. She lay in her bed, feeling the weight of her world pressing down on her. The arguments with her family, friends, and Hudson, her boyfriend, had been simmering for weeks, and she felt like she was drowning in a sea of emotions. As she drifted off to sleep, she couldn't shake...

A faded black and white photograph Captures the gleaming grins of a family Soft light ricochets off their shiny cheeks and teeth A dark stain sits in the snapshot’s left margin It’s a smudge that represents a secret That they’d give their lives to keep But that stain is not a result Of a small child’s careless handling That small murky blot is the face of a young girl One whose very existence was cursed by her father Due...