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Dallas Cowboy Redefines Greatness​

Jason Witten

The Dallas Cowboys Jason Witten is a decorated NFL tight end: a 10-time Pro-Bowl player who statistically is among the game’s greats. His toughness stems from a childhood filled with domestic abuse.

Screamed at my abusive stepfather's grave.

Lori

From the very beginning my real dad told me he loved me, but left. He may have loved me, but I don’t know. Then a step dad came in, and said he loved me and my mom, but would also tell me to not tell. It started with fondling...

Social services removed me from our home.

Kayla

My brothers and I were separated. When we came back together in our parents home it wasn’t any better. There was still a lot of abuse going on, so I moved back out the spring semester my senior year.

Prostituted myself for drugs.

Carrie

Carrie prostituted herself for drugs. As a registered nurse, educated and articulate, she never expected to go so low.

Shot up meth as a 16-year-old mother. Now I’m sober.

Ashley

I was sixteen when I got pregnant, at the end of my ninth grade year. I met Cory who ended up being my daughter’s father. I quit hanging out with all my friends on the cheer leading team, and started hanging out with his frie...

Bullied, beaten, and suicidal, but God intervened.

Anna Marion

"I started cutting and looking for relationships at a very, very young age. I was cyber bullied to the point where I tried to commit suicide. All the while I was going to church and coming to our youth group and I was putting...

Being the intellectual disguised my hurt.

Nikki

My name is Dr. Nikki Velasco. I am an Assistant Professor of Research Methods and Statistics. I was raised by a single mom, not from the United States, who has been married many times and has some sad patterns when it comes t...

Early abuse caused later fear and anger.

Jeanne

I was the sixth of seven children. I was molested from the time I was two or three years old until I was six or seven.

Should I be with a man or a woman?

Dana

God loves you and he cares about you; and he wants the best for you. You find freedom in his love through surrendering to him.