Faces of Loudoun

Faces of Loudoun: Meet Jaclyn-Undiagnosed Lyme Disease Put My Life on Hold

Ten years ago, I was proud to be following in my father’s footsteps. I had a degree from JMU and

When I was just 2 years old, my parents left El Salvador for America. I stayed behind with my grandmother,

I was in my mid 30s and pregnant with my first child when I went in for an echocardiogram. I

My life changed forever two years ago, when my 17-year-old son committed suicide. William was a friendly, goofy, and popular

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Persistence and Love Unlocked My Child’s Silence My son Mason was 2 years old when he started to bang his

I was literally one day away from death when my adoptive mother rescued me from The Children’s Hospital in Panama

My mother, Enid, left Uganda and came to America in the mid-’80s after her two brothers were killed during her

I grew up in Loudoun as part of a large family—6 brothers and 3 sisters, all of whom are gone

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Every day, I have to decide between feeding my two daughters or keeping my MS at bay. Four years ago,

I became the victim of cyber bullying in eighth grade. To make matters worse, my counselor actually told me that