Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood rape. I remember when I was younger, feeling, that I was different from other kids. I...
Claiming Your Power
Once I Was A victim
I was born in a dysfunctional family, where the roles weren’t distributed properly. I had a toxic attachment with my elder sibling. He was the eyes that I saw the world through. I was...
“BUT WITHOUT HIM, YOU’RE NOT ALONE”
When I got married I had no parents, no mother… I loved him, I trusted him, and I put my life in his hands… Then several problems started. I saw a different person, not my...
THROUGH THE BARS TO FREEDOM
[This is] the most powerful and yet, the most horrible story in my life. I still cannot realize how I managed to get in between the bars, because it was very, very thin. I don’t...
Unwavering spirit!!!
“A woman is the full Circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform”. – Diane Mariechild A women’s role can be appropriately described as...
The spectrum of empowerment!!!
“A woman is the full Circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform”. – Diane Mariechild A women’s role can be appropriately described as ‘multi-dimensional’...
From Teacher to Educator: A lifelong process
I never wanted to be a French teacher. I knew I wanted to pursue French after high school and that I wanted to study abroad for my junior year of college. I thought to myself, “I’ll be...
You Are Not The Storm. You Are The Sun.
For as long as I can remember, I have put others’ needs before my own. Where did this come from exactly? Was it a taught behavior? Was it a way to protect myself from the unpredictability...
Shards of broken glass
So, I start at my youth from a time I can go back to, I was around 12 years old this was way back in 1981 when times were different to now in 2022. Times were hard living and growing up on...
THEY CAN NOT BREAK US
Today, I realized that I am so strong, because I have three stories like this. Three times someone tried to rape me—first, when I was eight years old, [the] second time when I...