As a former member that was lucky enough to leave with the majority of my family intact, I just wanted to say this page has been a huge source of inspiration for my first college English paper. ""Please write a multi-angle personal narrative paper about an event that changed your life,"" if I recall her words. There would have been a time where I would have mindlessly written some droll that would served the purpose of appeasing her and I would have moved on with my life. But time has certainly changed. I'm going to write about a very real event that, in a very real way, has changed my life. Even through all the pain, heartache, and suffering, I think my journey through this place has changed me for the better. For the first time in our lives, we can think clearly. Freely. I can't explain how marvelous it felt to pick my own college, without sitting down with Norman James and explaining why I didn't want to be a business major who commuted to school every day. I was never meant to be there. My career choice reflects that. I want to work with people that have mental illnesses, as a psychiatrist. I'm fairly certain that I could open a booming business in the sanctuary....
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