Overcoming Adversity

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Perseverance

When you were younger, did you ever think that life as an adult was going to be easy? Simple? Full […]

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She Had It in Her All Along

I often believe that the best way to celebrate someone’s birthday is to focus on the impact they have made […]

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Power of the Scar

I am amazing because I’m a survivor! My story begins at a time when I was a young girl. I […]

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Scars Are Tattoos with Better Stories

My life began with scars. My house burned to the ground when I was 3 years old, with me in […]

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Back Home Again

From 2000-2009 I was in a weird, I’m not me place…..
1st marriage ended after 14 months….Never really fixed the “why” […]

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Positive Attitude with Cancer

I share my story from my bed as I recover from Chemo #10. I was diagnosed in November 2016 with […]

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Puertas Corredizas: Un Nuevo Mundo

La vida es siempre sorprendente y aunque lo sabemos, ésta nos continuará asombrando con el paso de las situaciones o […]

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Not too long ago, my son and I were the face of SNAP, hunger and poverty in Idaho

June 8, 2008, I remember the day vividly—the nurse practitioner told me I had Type 2 Diabetes. I argued with […]

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A Safer Future for Me and My Baby

Sometimes, I wake up from crying in my sleep during the night. Why? Every night for the last three years […]

Woman's Hands

The Sreepur Village, Bangladesh

In my 26 years of married life, I gave birth to five daughters in hope each time of giving birth […]