I would love to share my story of how I came to playing musical instruments at 60 years of age!!! I would love to hear your stories of things you went after and achieved against all odds...
Self-Empowerment
Take a Moment for Yourself
In a world where we as women are expected to always put others before ourselves, it can feel self-indulgent to take even a moment for ourselves in the midst of a busy day. But I say...
My Journey Into Light
The story of my journey. A year ago, almost to the day, I sat crying with my parents and brother at the dining table in my family home. I had everything. Two children who make my heart...
The girl with the most cake
This is pretty long but this all needs to be said: I’m a black sheep. And I really mean that, too. I’m a black sheep. I was born in April 1993 in Ventura, California, not too...
What Running Taught Me
I started running the fall after my daughter was born to lose a few pounds, get back in shape, and sneak in a few miles of “me” time after being home with a newborn all day...
Mantras About Me
I am me. With all my quirks, inadequacies, faults, and mistakes. You don’t know the half of them. But I was timid, and intimidated. For a number of years. But I’m breaking free, and by...
Who am I? – Overcoming Low Self Esteem and Self...
My story is a long one, but I hope you can read to the end and be inspired as you read. 🙂 Nine out of ten people that I tell I am from Manafwa District (located in the remote parts of...
I am not one of them
Going through school was quite hard, I can’t say I suffered for sure because my mother tried to avail the best money could offer for my siblings and I. Being a single mom with three...
I Am Free
I struggled for years in my marriage. There was no physical abuse. There were no fights, no yelling or screaming. There was apathy, and my attempts to discuss the state of our marriage...
Not too long ago, my son and I were the face of SNAP...
June 8, 2008, I remember the day vividly—the nurse practitioner told me I had Type 2 Diabetes. I argued with her that was not possible. I’m a nurse, I do diabetic counseling, and I...