This is the letter I could not write for forty-six years. It is the story of a life lived in the space you left behind, a silence I am now ready to fill with my own words. I was born on a cold January morning in 1978. My mother was alone when...
Stories
Every woman and every girl inspires us. We are deeply grateful to those who have shared their stories about breakthroughs in their lives, the ways in which they have overcome fears, beliefs, or events that once kept them from connecting with their inner strength and recognizing their amazingness. Some of these stories are stories of pain and how a women or girl triumphed over it. As you read these stories, rather than focusing on the pain, choose to focus instead on the triumph and the ways that others have overcome what may once have seemed impossible to overcome. Let's celebrate their triumphs!
The moment I realised what an amazing person I am was when I met people that actually accepted me. I met my wonderful boyfriend in January of this year and with our every night out I can feel him as sunshine on my skin. He was the one that...
I want to kill myself by the least painful way possible but I’m scared of people I love feeling I’m scared I feel like I’m in my fever dream feel like someone is watching me Something feels weird I swear what if you’re sleeping and...
Who would have thought this is where I will be waking up today? No one. I also could never have imagined that one day I will find myself living from a hospice bed. Well how I got here is a long story. I was well. Had many dreams. Had lots of...
I am only a little girl, and I’m not perfect. I do not know what it takes to be the greatest woman my bloodline has ever seen. I was born full of hope, but also into a world that taught me silence from day one. I was a little girl born in...
The Bowing Stranger by Svetlana Maria Sonday One sunny day, a little child was walking with their mommy down the sidewalk. They were laughing and talking about butterflies and clouds. Suddenly, a man they didn’t know came up to them. He...
Is anyone wants to listen the story of a boy who who suffered much in his life who lost his mother his father and the whole family and set for nothing there is only one girl who believes he can do anything in his life but that boy have lost his...
How you feel is correct 100% of the time even when it feels disloyal. How you feel is correct 100% of the time. As Father’s Day approaches those of us with tumultuous relationships with our fathers go through an internal civil war, of sorts...
Greetings My name is Ncebakazi Dotwana and i am 27 years old. I am a mother of two children, one of them is living with Deafness and Blindness, life has been challenging but I prayed for better days to keep moving forward. This year has been a...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of rape and other forms of sexual assault. Just words. You have trouble talking about these things. You realize you have trouble talking about a lot of...