What Happened When I went Back to My Roots…

I wasn’t proud of my roots.

Some of you may not know this, but I was born and raised in Liverpool. Until I left in 2000. I was 19, and felt just like any other person my age felt in their hometown- stifled.

In 2004, under unimaginable circumstances, I went back to my home city to comfort the family of an ex-boyfriend of mine who was…