Stories
Every woman & every girl inspires us.
We are deeply grateful to those who have shared their stories about breakthroughs in their lives, the ways in which they have overcome fears, beliefs, or events that once kept them from connecting with their inner strength and recognizing their follow the link amazingness. Some of these stories are stories of pain and how a women or girl triumphed over it.
As you read these stories, rather than focusing on the pain, choose to focus instead on the triumph and the ways that others have overcome what may once have seemed impossible to overcome.
Let's celebrate their triumphs!
Warning: file_get_contents(http://sayitforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/IMG_4503-263x350.jpeg): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable in /home/sayitf5/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php on line 156
711 Heal My Hurts
Life’s storms ⛈️ may be unpredictable, but one ☝🏽 thing is for certain – the rainbow 🌈 will follow. Keep […]
Warning: file_get_contents(http://sayitforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Story-pic-233x350.jpeg): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable in /home/sayitf5/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php on line 156
Accepted. Funded. Rejected.
I was born as one of six daughters in a South Sudanese polygamous family—where, from the very beginning, my worth […]
Warning: file_get_contents(http://sayitforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/featured-default-718x350.jpg): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable in /home/sayitf5/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php on line 156
The rest is still unwritten
Natasha Bedingfield was onto something when she released Unwritten. Staring at the blank page before you. Oof. It’s like a […]
Warning: file_get_contents(http://sayitforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/IMG_1350-625x350.jpeg): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable in /home/sayitf5/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php on line 156
Born Too Close to the End
By B. A. ⸻ Chapter 1: The Womb of Death I came into the world fragile, almost nothing. My tiny […]
Warning: file_get_contents(http://sayitforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/file_000000005624720bbde692afb6e68f4a-233x350.png): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable in /home/sayitf5/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php on line 156
Warriors Without Swords: The Unstoppable Power of Women
A woman is the full circle. Within her lies the power to create, nurture, and transform.” – Diane Mariechild A […]
Warning: file_get_contents(http://sayitforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-08-at-07.23.59-263x350.jpeg): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable in /home/sayitf5/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php on line 156
A letter to able-bodied people
Dear able-bodied people, Can we please agree that praying for a disabled person to be healed after they’ve said no […]
Warning: file_get_contents(http://sayitforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/featured-default-718x350.jpg): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable in /home/sayitf5/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php on line 156
To my late mother, Latika
My mother who passed away in 2013 in Nashik city(India) used to tell me her story of going to school […]
Warning: file_get_contents(http://sayitforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_0059-467x350.jpeg): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable in /home/sayitf5/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php on line 156
Broken To Brilliant
I Wrote On Here Multiple Times On Here. My Recently One Was About My Baby Sister “Mariah Symone Sanders” On […]
Warning: file_get_contents(http://sayitforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_1484-525x350.jpg): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable in /home/sayitf5/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php on line 156
We live to continue his legacy
I had promised myself that i would document every step of grief , but i wasnt very ready of the […]
Warning: file_get_contents(http://sayitforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/featured-default-718x350.jpg): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable in /home/sayitf5/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php on line 156
Stuck
There’s a lot I wanna say to you but cant. I can’t explain why you just changed my whole life […]
Warning: file_get_contents(http://sayitforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Girl-622x350.png): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable in /home/sayitf5/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php on line 156
Losing It All While Finding Myself
I am a child of trauma who grew into an adult shaped by it. The earliest pieces of my story […]
Warning: file_get_contents(http://sayitforward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/featured-default-718x350.jpg): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable in /home/sayitf5/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor-imagick.php on line 156
From Darkness to Purpose
Title: From Darkness to Purpose: One Woman’s Journey of Survival and Empowerment Kristen Ellingson’s life story is a testament to […]