kids like marah williams. >> marah was a born athlete. >> nice pitch! >> way to go, marah!>> by the time she was about 13 or 14, she could throw a pitch about 65 miles an hour. >> one pitching instructor that had her for a while named her "the rocket." everybody knew who marah williams was-- everyone. >> narrator: marah appeared to have the happiest of childhoods, full of privileges. ballet lessons. piano. a close-knit family. >> her early childhood was just ideal. we lived in a beautiful bedroom community in seattle. i had a great job. we were a very tight foursome, my husband and i and our two children. it was a great middle america life, very happy. >> narrator: her mother was a local news anchor. her father was a stay-at-home dad who doted on his girls. >> when did you learn to do that, marah? >> our children went to good schools. the neighborhood was safe. we never locked the door. marah was a very happy child. >> narrator: but by the time she reached middle school, marah was struggling. >> a lot of anxiety, a lot of depression. by this time, she'd been diagnosed with