Sampler of Stories

A rotating collection of past stories…

Happiness is our birth right

For a huge period of my life, I tied my self-worth with being a good house wife, my values as a woman consisted on learning how to cook and cleaning the house. Growing up I’ve heard...

Survivor of teenage domestic violence

Hello, I wanted wanted to share my story to reach out to other young girls who may feel alone and not sure if what they are going through is normal or not because when I was 15 and...

unspoken love

The unspoken love I’d like to think I experienced the feeling of love even with the bad traits behind it there was still a precious little heart happy. The tears, the arguments, the...

‘Quitting is leading too.’

‘Quitting is leading too’ is a thought-provoking Nelson Mandela quote that lends itself to my journey to early retirement from the United Nations (UN) in Vienna, Austria in...

The Power of overcoming

The gripping story of life doesn’t come together sometimes. I thee am a traveling soul searching for the identity I am to hold. The one stolen from me. I may be in a better place now...

last hope- From Allah

I am a teen muslim girl who currently shifted from the UK to Pakistan. It’s been a year. Wow.. a year.. so quick but life changing. I at the age of 9-12 use to be a very...

i miss you dad

This is a story about a young girl who lost her dad at the age of 10 and I was doing standard 5.my father had long suffered from a deadly disease this bad moments happened when were in our...

From Death to Life

I want to stay Anonymous. So you will know me as Carmen. I am a 16 year old mixed girl in South Carolina. I have been searching all night for a website to share my story and I’ve finally...

Missing my dad

My dad was my hero. He was my rock. He was always there for me. He was cheering me on at every skating, basketball, and soccer event that I had. When I was serving in Iraq, he helped me get...

Behind Closed Doors

Note: This is a true story written by a 32-year-old from the perspective of her 5-year-old self– I turned out ok, despite everything. I share this story as a reminder to abused women...