Stacie Rasmussen

My Story We didn’t know what we didn’t know. For over a decade my husband was a well paid screenwriter in Hollywood. I was a stay-at-home mom for my son. Times were great and we thought we knew what we were doing. We felt wealthy and financially secure. Suddenly, the climate in Hollywood changed and […]
Grace Mitchell-DiMicco

My Story I have an extraordinary fear of heights. I always have. “When you were a child, you would practically crawl into my skin,” my mom remembers. That’s why she was shocked when I told her I wanted to rock climb. “But I believe you can do whatever you put your mind to.” Like the […]
Danielle Onesto

My Story On my 5th birthday, with the candles glowing in front of me, I struggled to make a wish. One wish. As the seconds ticked on, the pressure grew and the yellow wax dripped onto the chocolate frosting. I thought, “I have to pick one thing?” I couldn’t decide. Even worse than making a […]
Brooke Mease

My Story Tattoos are not a common fixture in my family — not completely taboo either — but my mom is too frugal to consider them reasonable and my dad, well he just doesn’t like to leave the farm so it’s unlikely he’ll wander across a tattoo parlor any time soon. Regardless of this fact, […]

