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Sarah Schweitzer is a former feature writer for the Boston Globe.\n\n \u201cI just am drawn, I think, to the notion that we start out as these creatures that just want love and were programmed that way\u2014to try to find it and to make our lives whole. We are, as humans, so strong in that way. We get knocked down, and adults do some horrible things to us because adults have had horrible things done to [them]. There are some terrible cycles in this world. But there\u2019s always this opportunity to stop that cycle. And there are people who come along who do try that in their own flawed ways.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp and AlarmGrid for sponsoring this week's episode.\n@SarahSchweitzer\nSchweitzer on Longform\n[2:45] With Her\n[3:15] Pineapple Street Media\n[4:45] "The life and times of Strider Wolf" (Boston Globe \u2022 Nov 2015)\n[16:45] Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx (Adrian Nicole LeBlanc \u2022 Scribner \u2022 2004)\n[27:45] "Only a few tackle the trying times" (St. Petersburg Times \u2022 Oct 2000)\n[32:45] "Chasing Bayla" (Boston Globe \u2022 Oct 2014)\n[38:00] "Struggling town votes to end itself" (Boston Globe \u2022 Mar 2004)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices