Growing up in rural North Carolina, I learned early on that love often came with conditions. Raised in a conservative Southern Baptist family, I endured emotional abuse, bullying, Rejection and years of believing that simply being myself made me unworthy. Home became something I searched for, rather than something I ever truly had.After leaving home at nineteenth, i began rebuilding my life one small step at a time. Through floral design and later interior design, I discovered an u...