I was born with a craniofacial disease called Stickler Syndrome, which I inherited from my mother . Oddly, my mother […]
Self-Appreciation & Self-Love
I said no and I will keep saying no
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood rape and sexual assault. Its […]
Living the Truth
I didn’t grow up with the language young people have these days around gender and sexuality. I was 19 when […]
What Makes you Vulnerable Makes you Beautiful
We learned about it in grade school when we were astonished to see a caterpillar turn into a butterfly. How […]
Learning to love myself
Growing up I watched my mom deal with low self-esteem issues and I believe because of that, she didn’t teach […]
I still have HOPE
So am not writing this story to not be pitied but for you guys out there to know and understand […]
words can kill you
Before , I start I’d like to give a trigger warning this story contains material that may be triggering to […]
My Fake Happiness
On my very first day at a private middle school, I was convinced that all 23 of the sixth graders […]
