Danielle and I met just over a year ago when we both started working at the same location. We both attend the same university, and oddly enough she went to high school with my boyfriend before I had ever met either of them - the world really is a small place! She's the first person to meet with me for an idea for a new 'series' of sorts on my page. The idea is to meet with different people from my community and let them self-lead an interview about things that have happened to them. I didn't want to have a scripted set of questions, because everything almost feels staged at that point. I just wanted to have an open conversation, which may be uncomfortable at times. Most importantly, I didn't want to sway the topic. "Life hasn't been good in awhile." That was the first thing that came to Danielle's mind when I asked her about the story she wanted to tell. It was late in the month of June, a Wednesday as Danielle recalled that her