“It was like God said, ‘If you can persevere and don't give up, I guarantee you're going to make it through. And something is going to come out of it.’” —Vaughan
Recently, 21-year-old Vaughan saw a snapshot of his childhood self—T-shirt-clad, beaming smile, friends all around. He couldn't help but think, Wow, I've come so far. Some of those same friends are now living troubled lives. Vaughan easily could be, too.
Vaughan, who was small for his age, was the youngest of six in Tacoma, Washington. He loved playing basketball and never missed school. But Vaughan's family had a dark secret.
He knew his parents fought, but it wasn't until junior high when his parents' fights grew more frequent that Vaughan realized his father battled alcoholism. His dad's lifestyle led to multiple stints in jail—absences that Vaughan was always told were just "vacations."
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