From Tears to Triumph welcomes Timber Heard

I was adopted after my birth in Fort Worth Texas. I was raised until I was 12 years old in McComb MS. I studied archaeology. History was my favorite subject. I am Biracial” but I lean toward identifying with my Blackness. Because of this, I had problems at my home. My mother was very lenient with me. My mean, gross dad was gone most of the time. I started to struggle with depression because of my race(s). My adoptive mother didn’t understand, and wasn’t really equipped to raise children, because of generational curses.

I was treated wrong in a lot of ways, and developed issues that I didn’t know how to handle. I struggled with things that were bigger than I was. I didn’t know how to handle them. I had teachers who were racists. I ended up in foster care at age12.I spent my first year of high school in a facility. I became institutionalized. I went to 7 different high schools and could only function in group homes. I graduated from Callaway High School in 2008. I got my associates degree in 2010. I followed my first love to university. He wanted nothing to do with me and I became depressed.

I became homeless and lived on the street on and off for three years. I went to hospitals for suicide attempts. I stayed on friends couches. I had lost my most precious thing and I wanted to die. After getting my medicine straight I got an apartment and was ok for a couple years. I went back to school til I got sick again in 2018. I ended up in the hospital. I spent a year in and out of the hospital. I spent my 29th birthday in a hospital. I was devastated. It was always my goal not to be institutionalized on my birthday. I was homeless again and had to wait to find me a place to go when I got out of the hospital,

I now have my own home. It is rent to own. It is a blessing. I have a small business. I am a published poet. God is good. I want to help other people