I was suffering from a life threatening illness. When my brother lost $65,000 gambling, my greedy family demanded my medical savings. When I refused, my dad said, “Your brother needs that money more than you need your life.” Then he choked me and smashed my head into a wall… I screamed in pain… But one phone call turned their faces pale… – True Stories

The first time my father tried to kill me, he did it in front of a framed photo of us smiling at Disney World. I was twenty-nine, bald from treatment, eighty-eight pounds, and still somehow too expensive for my family to love.

The envelope sat on the kitchen table between us. Inside was proof of the last $65,000 I had left for my surgery, post-treatment continue reading …