Overcoming Adversity

Bullying

For the most part the bad days have stopped. Every now and then I’m blindsided by one. A morning that started off normally and then I’m hit with it. Trying to process and make sense of...

Without suck there cannot be growth

Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to be a pilot. Growing up just 20 minutes away from Frankfurt Airport I would spend hours watching the aircraft doing their holding patterns over our...

And the life goes on

Do you have any power to change things ? NO! No one has any kind of power than why do we stick to our problems ? Why don’t we accept it and move on ? Yes i accepted it with the smile...

Hopelessness

I was always an anxious person. From the time I was very little I always worried about everything, in ways that nobody could ever understand. I would cry over things that people would think...

Where there is a will there is a way

There were changes in body after post- pregnancy. My body was not moving, and I had a lot of pain in my bones. My husband consulted so many doctors but there was no improvement. Doctors...

A Story of Recovery

Telling my story might help me heal and maybe help someone else in the process. We read other people’s stories all the time. This is just mine. I don’t like to tell my story because...

Healing is hard but not impossible.

I met Fernandez at a friend’s party when I was twenty. I was a late bloomer and had never dated before. I had spent more time on academic pursuits than boys during my teenage years. ...

My Way Back From Hell

Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood rape and self-harm. I’m 15 years old and I’ve had a very rough life. Within...

The Climb

I am not a doctor I am not a physiologist I’m not a university graduate I do not have a 6 figure job ! I’ve never written a thing (expect in school) I am a mom self emplyeed gave up my...