Growing up, home was not a safe space for Marianne Tan. She experienced years of emotional and physical abuse. Her parents fought violently, and she would often hide by locking herself in the bathroom hoping to escape the ruckus. Adding to the instability at home was the presence of extramarital affairs and eventually, divorce proceedings. … Continue reading Getting cancer at 27 felt like the last straw after years of abuse and homelessness, but it became “the biggest blessing in my life”