Jessie

I hadn't seen her in weeks. I hadn't heard from her. She was hiding from me. Because every time I talked to her, I was giving her the business. You know, you're going to come home. You're going to do this. You're going to do that. I was yelling at her, making her feel like crap. People who are using substances who are in the place that she is, they feel bad enough about themselves.

They don't need us to help them. Okay? So she would change her phone number. She would hide from me. I wouldn't see her. I'd ride an hour every morning before work. I'd ride an hour at lunch. And I'd ride an hour and a half every afternoon when I got off. I would ride three and a half hours every single day, Monday through Friday, to try to catch a glimpse of my baby.

They don't need us to help them. Okay? So she would change her phone number. She would hide from me. I wouldn't see her. I'd ride an hour every morning before work. I'd ride an hour at lunch. And I'd ride an hour and a half every afternoon when I got off. I would ride three and a half hours every single day, Monday through Friday, to try to catch a glimpse of my baby.

They don't need us to help them. Okay? So she would change her phone number. She would hide from me. I wouldn't see her. I'd ride an hour every morning before work. I'd ride an hour at lunch. And I'd ride an hour and a half every afternoon when I got off. I would ride three and a half hours every single day, Monday through Friday, to try to catch a glimpse of my baby.

Literally ride around town in the places that I knew she was trying to catch a glimpse of my baby. One morning on the way to work, I saw her. She doesn't remember this. She was, she was that altered. But I saw her walking across the Krispy Kreme parking lot and I drove across five lanes of traffic. Me and that legit.

Literally ride around town in the places that I knew she was trying to catch a glimpse of my baby. One morning on the way to work, I saw her. She doesn't remember this. She was, she was that altered. But I saw her walking across the Krispy Kreme parking lot and I drove across five lanes of traffic. Me and that legit.

Literally ride around town in the places that I knew she was trying to catch a glimpse of my baby. One morning on the way to work, I saw her. She doesn't remember this. She was, she was that altered. But I saw her walking across the Krispy Kreme parking lot and I drove across five lanes of traffic. Me and that legit.

And I ran up on her and I was excited and I guess I ran up real fast and she had her earbuds in and I touched her. I grabbed her shoulder. I meant to touch her shoulder, but I grabbed her shoulder and when I did, she turned around and hit me. And being from West Tennessee, I hit her back. So for a few seconds, she forgot I was her mama, and I forgot I was her mama.

And I ran up on her and I was excited and I guess I ran up real fast and she had her earbuds in and I touched her. I grabbed her shoulder. I meant to touch her shoulder, but I grabbed her shoulder and when I did, she turned around and hit me. And being from West Tennessee, I hit her back. So for a few seconds, she forgot I was her mama, and I forgot I was her mama.

And I ran up on her and I was excited and I guess I ran up real fast and she had her earbuds in and I touched her. I grabbed her shoulder. I meant to touch her shoulder, but I grabbed her shoulder and when I did, she turned around and hit me. And being from West Tennessee, I hit her back. So for a few seconds, she forgot I was her mama, and I forgot I was her mama.

And when we got through fighting in the Krispy Kreme parking lot, we were both bleeding. She threw her hands out to the side. She said, Mama, what the fuck do you want from me? And I threw my hands out and screamed back, what I've said a thousand times to you today. If you could just not die, that would be great. And that's when it hit me. Just don't die.

And when we got through fighting in the Krispy Kreme parking lot, we were both bleeding. She threw her hands out to the side. She said, Mama, what the fuck do you want from me? And I threw my hands out and screamed back, what I've said a thousand times to you today. If you could just not die, that would be great. And that's when it hit me. Just don't die.

And when we got through fighting in the Krispy Kreme parking lot, we were both bleeding. She threw her hands out to the side. She said, Mama, what the fuck do you want from me? And I threw my hands out and screamed back, what I've said a thousand times to you today. If you could just not die, that would be great. And that's when it hit me. Just don't die.

That was literally the moment, the moment my brain shifted. Because even standing there bleeding, I was looking at my baby and she was okay. And that moment, that was all that mattered. Remember, Jessie was on her way to work when all this happened. I was in my nursing uniform going to teach. I teach collegiately. I was going to lecture.

That was literally the moment, the moment my brain shifted. Because even standing there bleeding, I was looking at my baby and she was okay. And that moment, that was all that mattered. Remember, Jessie was on her way to work when all this happened. I was in my nursing uniform going to teach. I teach collegiately. I was going to lecture.

That was literally the moment, the moment my brain shifted. Because even standing there bleeding, I was looking at my baby and she was okay. And that moment, that was all that mattered. Remember, Jessie was on her way to work when all this happened. I was in my nursing uniform going to teach. I teach collegiately. I was going to lecture.

I was going to stand at my podium looking my very best, my very best professional nurse that I could possibly look going to teach all these baby nurses. Did you go to work? I did. Wow. I did.

I was going to stand at my podium looking my very best, my very best professional nurse that I could possibly look going to teach all these baby nurses. Did you go to work? I did. Wow. I did.

I was going to stand at my podium looking my very best, my very best professional nurse that I could possibly look going to teach all these baby nurses. Did you go to work? I did. Wow. I did.

I said, hello. He said, I'm trying to reach Never Use Alone. I'm like, oh shit, I guess you did. Because I didn't know what to do. I mean, I knew I needed to get his address. Uh-huh. I mean, that was kind of the no-brainer, right? But outside of that, I was like... He's like, well, are you going to get my information? I'm like, what information do I need? He's like, oh, God.