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(signing version: https://youtu.be/UlOUmcgRPIc This day marks one year sobriety from alcohol for me. I wonder about what got me here today and that I would say two things: depression and alcohol. What is the exact cause first? Depression. Depression is more than just a feeling. It affects thoughts that is on my mind. When IContinue reading “Alcohol and Depression”

For signing version of this story, the link is below: This is from the potential memoir adoption book that I was writing. I want to share a piece of how I knew I was adopted: My adoption has always been open adoption. My adopted mother Elaine told me that I was adopted at a very,Continue reading “How I knew I Was Adopted”

He has a family now?!?! Wow, that is amazing! I thought. I am looking on his Facebook profile. He is married with few children. He is happy with his career and friends. And he is not in Washington anymore, just somewhere in the Midwest Coast. How did I get here? I created a new profileContinue reading “We Accept the Love We Think We Deserve”

My name is Justin Klein-Edgerton. I am a 30 year old deaf man residing for now in Phoenix, Arizona. I grew up all my life in California. There was a question that one psychology professor asked me that I would never forget. He said that there must be one unique, interesting statement about us thatContinue reading “Who I Am”

Back in February, I had an eye’s accident incident. I am okay and there was no pain, but I got embarrassed and I knew some of my friends would laugh it off. A little trip there and there does not bother me, but last week bothered me a lot and I did not know whyContinue reading “Thoughts on my additional disability”

A 43-year-old woman was drinking in a bar. She is a frequent customer. She would come in and instantly, the bartender would know what she wants for her first drink. It was always strawberry lemonade vodka as it was her favorite combination of what she loved: strawberry and vodka. The place she frequently attends wasContinue reading “Health or Hazard”

A young, mid-20s man was at his house hosting a gathering for his friends. He was wearing baggy brown pants, a green hoodie, with a black beanie hat on his hand. His hair is light brown, medium width down to his neck, and he is a drifter. He takes odd jobs during the day andContinue reading “The Most Important Body Part”

Back in January, I was walking in a supermarket in Phoenix, AZ for my food errands. When I showed up, I noticed a particular woman that I keep bumping into at least four times. She was a Caucasian woman in her 30s. She has dark brown hair, black eyes, wearing a white, soft sweaters inContinue reading “Not always what it seems”