Encouraging/Empowering Others

A story of resiliency

If you’re feeling down or in despair understand that those feelings are real and it is absolutely ok to feel that way! Life is sometimes hard but it’s very important to allow...

Love brings love.

The moment I realised what an amazing person I am was when I met people that actually accepted me. I met my wonderful boyfriend in January of this year and with our every night out I can...

From this hospice bed

Who would have thought this is where I will be waking up today? No one. I also could never have imagined that one day I will find myself living from a hospice bed. Well how I got here is a...

Just Words

Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of rape and other forms of sexual assault. Just words. You have trouble talking about these things. ...

Light and thunder

My Children Will Be Light and Thunder My children will be wild— not reckless, but true. They will be fire-fed and water-wise, with roots deep in the earth and eyes full of stars. They...

From the Ashes…… I Rise

“Where are you?”, this is the kind of a conversation i have with myself every morning , my mornings have become so tough, this is what happens after 5 years of running a...

Hold on… for lack of a better title

🤔 I hope sharing my story is truly anonymous? I’m an adult male in my 40’s. I was sexually abused at the age of 6 or 7…. Maybe 5? I just know that five was the earliest and by...

This is my story

I grew up knowing i would be dead before 18. I grew up in a house full of hatred. I grew up in an adoptive home where I felt worthless unloved and like a complete burden. I grew up...