“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...
Overcoming Adversity
Invincible
For a long time I never really knew how bad my life truly was. Yet, I am still very thankful for the experience of life. When I was a child I was sold off and abused by my parents. When I...
B 4 I go
I was a special Ed child, hyper. I pray to God that I was sorry for the mean things I done. 1 st I had teen pregnancy. I got married,in a wrong relationship,b cause I didn’t know. I...
Castera Charles Survive and Thrive
I was born in Haiti, where life is a much different experience. I have many brothers and sisters, and we were about as poor as you could ever imagine being. Sick, malnourished, no...
Let not what you have faced define you and your...
I am a young woman from Mkoba, a prosaic location in Gweru, Zimbabwe, raised by my resilient siblings and my courageous, ailing single mother—a family whose unwavering strength inspired...
im not dead.
It is a story that can only be told in its entirety, I have tried other methods and there is always something missing. This is my first attempt at documenting my life story, please...
I tried, I failed, I live.
So 12 years ago, I attempted to take my life and I survived. I wanted to share my story and let people know even though it gets hard and I mean really hard it gets better and it’s...
Use your PAIN as a STEPPING STONE
I’ll start from the beginning. So my childhood was not good. I always felt as though I was different. I always felt as though I was alone. I was not raised by my parents and I...
Please listen to me for once In my life I’m ready to...
Inner thought: inner child When I was a child, around 3 to 5 years old, I perceived my family as stable—my normal. My dad was a manager at a company, and my mom was self-employed, owning...
Determination, Boldness, Courage and Faith
I was born Monday, July 27, 1987, at 10:39 AM in Pittsburg, California. Mom and dad were together at the time of my birth. I can only imagine the extraordinary pains of going through labor...