BLACK TRASHBAGS: BECOMING: I Should Be Dead, Instead I wrote this.

He carried everything he owned in black trash bags.Black Trash Bags is a two-part memoir of survival and transformation.In Book 1: Survival, Mark shares his childhood growing up in poverty, facing trauma, abuse, and instability while learning what it takes to endure when life offers no safety net.In Book 2: Becoming, his journey continues beyond survival into healing, identity, and rebuilding a life after trauma. Through military service, relationships, addiction, mental health struggles, and love, he begins to find meaning and a path forward.Together, these books tell a powerful story of resilience, loss, and hope.This is not just a story about trauma.It is a story about survival, love, loss, and finding your way back to yourself.I should be dead.Instead, I wrote this. Read more