This is the letter I could not write for forty-six years. It is the story of a life lived in the space you left behind, a silence I am now ready to fill with my own words. I was born on a...
Mothers & Daughters
My mom is leaving us and we are not ready
Good morning, I don’t really like sharing stories but today I feel like my mind will not be ok if I don’t share it somewhere. My mom got cancer for a lot of years and today, my grandma...
What is More Difficult: Losing a Mother or Becoming a...
What is More Difficult: Losing a Mother or Becoming a Mother? Is that a stupid question? Losing a 63 year old mother to pancreatic cancer was extremely difficult, especially when your...
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE TWO OF US
I chose to tell this story because I live in a community outside of Santiago, away from home and my mother. It is a recognition of my mom, because I don’t get to see her everyday. I feel...
Fourth Mom, By Mary L. Phipps
This is the story of changing hearts and adopting someone who thought they were not worthy of being loved. It is written from a Christian perspective, so I hope that is allowed here. Young...
My Kind Of BeYOUtiful
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to rape. I’ve got a testimony so powerful you won’t understand me at all! A true testament that...
Grow Through It
The world looks so big through the lenses of a young girls eyes. So many opportunities, so many ways to go. Daydreaming, I would think of all the things I wanted for my life when I became a...
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...
I Hear You!
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of adolescent sexual molestation and assault. I’m amazing because I know that my voice matters...
Encouragement for parents who have lost a child.
Now for those who have lost children. I know it’s the hardest time in any parents life. I myself have lost a child. I was 16 when I had my first baby. I ended up back with my...