According to statistics, Children of addicts are eight times more likely to develop an addiction, develop greater mental and physical health problems, and experience difficulty in school. Love Always, Mom, is my personal reflection about coming to terms with my childhood trauma and the complexities around my relationship with my mother and her drug use.
Pneuma
“Nationwide, almost one in five people (47.1 million) in the U.S. are living with a mental health condition,” according to Mental Health America. I met Apollo Figueira and Faraday King, who opened up to me about their stories and agreed to be a part of the project. They were given plastic, reusable, point-and-shoot, 35mm film cameras and told to photograph what their mental health looks like.
I’m Always Here
Sydney Boucher, 22, of North Adams, Mass., is a legal guardian to her seven-year-old niece Addilyn Spence. “I’m Always Here” is an audio/photo slideshow that details Sydney’s unique bond with Addilyn.
Sydney struggles to figure out how to act as a parent figure while also sorting out her own life and future.