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A lot of you don’t know but I was a foster child. I was physically abused almost every day of my life by my mom.
Film and books were my escape from my childhood.
I would pretend I was loved by the families I saw on tv and read about in books.
I became a writer to escape life.
Film and books were my escape from my childhood.
I would pretend I was loved by the families I saw on tv and read about in books.
I became a writer to escape life.
I would write stories about the perfect life I would one day live.
And I would watch films and wonder why my mom hates me so much but in most films moms were so loving.
Film gave me hope.
Film quite possibly saved my life as I always clung to the magic of tv.
And I would watch films and wonder why my mom hates me so much but in most films moms were so loving.
Film gave me hope.
Film quite possibly saved my life as I always clung to the magic of tv.
That’s why it is soooo vital we get to know people because most of us have a tragic past.
All of us have a story within.
I feared being a mom because I thought I would repeat the cycle of abuse with children of my own.
But I didn’t.
All of us have a story within.
I feared being a mom because I thought I would repeat the cycle of abuse with children of my own.
But I didn’t.
Abuse stopped with me.
I have a 16 year old daughter whom I have never cursed out, hit with objects or abused at all.
I put all the hurt and pain from my childhood into my art.
My books.
My films.
It is my hope that what I produce helps save someone like me.
I have a 16 year old daughter whom I have never cursed out, hit with objects or abused at all.
I put all the hurt and pain from my childhood into my art.
My books.
My films.
It is my hope that what I produce helps save someone like me.
Everyone isn’t like me, though.
Everyone can’t take pain and abuse and make art out of it.
Some let it fester and create resentment.
That pains me. So that’s why I became a filmmaker in the hopes of creating films that empowers people beyond what they deem hopeless lives.
Everyone can’t take pain and abuse and make art out of it.
Some let it fester and create resentment.
That pains me. So that’s why I became a filmmaker in the hopes of creating films that empowers people beyond what they deem hopeless lives.
I said all this to say—STOP being jealous of others’ achievements and goals.
Stop comparing.
You don’t know what people endure and what fuels them.
All you know is what you see now and many of you would not survive a day in most people’s shoes.
So celebrate people.
Stop comparing.
You don’t know what people endure and what fuels them.
All you know is what you see now and many of you would not survive a day in most people’s shoes.
So celebrate people.
