Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to rape. “have courage & be kind” when I was young I was bullied for a very long time...
Encouraging/Empowering Others
End Period Poverty and Period Shame.
As a young girl I passed through Period Poverty and Period Stigma. Staying with someone who could never care about me as a girl. I dropped out of school because I could never afford to buy...
You are you.
You know, I don’t know why I am sitting here in the middle of my math class reading all these stories about people, what they’ve suffered and what they’ve gone through and...
My miracle journey
My name is Carina Imbrogno and I would like to share and publish my miracle story with others to help inspire them and give them hope it’s one way of me paying it forward. I was born...
my shitty temporary life
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood sexual abuse and assault. so, i have been struggling with depression. i’m not no...
Rebirth of a Queen
Telling my story will remain the most powerful tool I possess on earth, my story starts in the year 2020. In March 2020, I received a call of a woman crying on the other side of the call...
Be kind.
I try to look all put together, but I’m as conflicted as any other – trying to make sense of life. I had been told from an early age that life is unfair and it’s best not...
Broken but not Destroyed
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood rape and sexual abuse. Why the rejection? why the hate? I am YOUR daughter and he’s...
Being Different
Staring in the mirror, wondering when or how I would fit in with the “norms” of modern society. Wondering why I am not as popular as everyone else or why no one would ever...
Black and White pearls
(Venus in front of the mirror) Dear you and me, I always had the dream to help other people and to share a story, to inspire people. Yet I feel so worthless all the time. I constantly...