Content note: drug addiction, overdose, eating disorders Last month, I went to the One Pill Can Kill conference, hosted at the school where I teach. I wrote a freelance article about it for the Beaumont Enterprise while one of my journalism students covered it for the school newspaper. READ MORE: Southeast Texas schools lead TexasContinueContinue reading “Fentanyl overdose survivor shares hope at One Pill Can Kill conference”
Category Archives: Narratives + Opinions
Healing is a process: How my life changed the day my dad crashed into an 18-wheeler head on
This is one of the more difficult memories that surfaces for me every year as winter fades into spring. The first picture is from May 1, 1997. I’m with my parents and my baby sister outside Sterling McCall Toyota in Houston. My dad finally decided what kind of truck he wanted to buy, as partContinueContinue reading “Healing is a process: How my life changed the day my dad crashed into an 18-wheeler head on”
Your struggle doesn’t have to own you
Content note: discussion of eating disorders I took these photos almost a year ago now—in late October when I was coming towards the end of a virtual intensive outpatient treatment program. It was the only way I knew of that I could get help for my eating disorder while also working a full-time job andContinueContinue reading “Your struggle doesn’t have to own you”
Palestinian oncology nurse at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital weathers many Southeast Texas storms
Editor’s note: I originally wrote this story in Fall 2018 while writing for the University Press, the student newspaper at Lamar University. The story ended up not making it to print, as sometimes happens to every journalist’s favorite stories, so I am posting it here instead. Hanan Hamvan has worked at Christus St. Elizabeth’s HospitalContinueContinue reading “Palestinian oncology nurse at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital weathers many Southeast Texas storms “
Help an ex-fundie human trafficking survivor: This single parent + toddler are moving for better healthcare access
Photo: Megan McKinzey Photography We want to help one of our friends reach stability three years after he left an abusive ex-partner with a newborn. In the next month, he needs to relocate to gain better access health care and manage several chronic conditions that often go along with hypermobile Ehler-Danlos Syndrome, which causes frequentContinueContinue reading “Help an ex-fundie human trafficking survivor: This single parent + toddler are moving for better healthcare access”
Eleanor Skelton 