What’s a moment that really shaped how you see the world?

Sometimes a key moment can make a world of difference in our lives. Those moments are deeply underrepresented in our conversations relative to the importance they play in our lives.  We hope to begin to remedy that below.

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I would say experimenting with certain psychedelic drugs for sure. Read more >>>

Kenya Elliott Tanner

A moment that really shaped how I see the world was in 2018 when I lost my mom, just two months after helping four children grieve the loss of their dad. At the same time, I was still in school. That year was absolutely devastating, but it also revealed a strength in me that I didn’t know I had. Read more >>>

Shan Johnson

Losing my mom was the moment that shaped how I see the world. It was the hardest experience of my life, and while it crushed me, it also taught me resilience. I learned that no matter how heavy life gets, I can survive, rise, and keep moving forward. Read more >>>

Corean Strong

When I was thirteen years old, I witnessed something that I will never forget. It was a defining moment in my life. We lived in rural Mississippi, where we attended church every Sunday. One Sunday, we were introduced to a new pastor. He was young, early thirties. He was big, funny, and could really PREACH! This made him very impressive. Read more >>>

Sayonara Raymond

The moment that shaped who I am today was when our house burned down in the 90s. We lost everything — every photo, every memory, everything that told the story of who we were. As a child of immigrants, I already knew what it felt like to start over, to lose pieces of our history. Read more >>>

Edward Reid

A moment that shaped how I see the world came when I was 32 and had just rented a small house. An electrical problem caused a fire that burned the house down, and since I had not yet taken out renter’s insurance, I lost everything—my book and record collection, antiques, musical instruments, all of it gone in one night. Read more >>>