I posted a video last night of an overexuberant set of coaches cheering on a girl for finishing a practice 5K in our Girls on the Run program. I am sure that some of you shook your heads and thought…what’s the big deal? It’s...
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!
I had an aunt with inner talent but never showed it. She actually baked cakes for a living and they were so delicious. Other than that she also cooked for us. She got married and soon had had children. Her first born child was named victory and...
Something that we don’t see coming. Maybe we did and maybe we didn’t but it happens regardless. You can be the best person you could be and tried your best but someone close to your heart can turn on. We never thought someone that we hold...
Bella was the most beautiful and strongest girl I ever had the privilege of meeting. She was Albanian, and though she didn’t speak English well at all, the two of us had an instant connection, and a lasting understanding of each other...
July 17, 2002 a boy by the name of Jake was born. Little did he or his parents know but he was born with a different mind from the rest. He was born with addiction disorder. All he wanted was to feel accepted, loved, and to never feel alone...
Greetings! Indian History Women Museum will be start on International Women’s Day Indian Women’s History Museum- Celebrating Women’s History A space to explore and celebrate the lives of women of India, the Indian...
VIDEO: YOUR story DOES matter! It matters to you, it matters to us, and it matters to so many other women and girls who will be inspired by what you have to say.
As a teenager and a young 20 something I suffered with body dysmorphia. I was the skinny fat girl. I had a childhood that no one should ever have, a multitude of pain-struggle-abuse-pain. Always feeling like I was not enough: not skinny enough...
Ok, I was 14 and i had this bad habit in not believing in myself so basically what I was doing was I was jumping over swings to see how high I could flip it and I wasn’t really that confident so I can only get so high but one day I looked...
It all happened a little over a year ago.. that’s when I met him. A smooth, well spoken, motorcycle riding hunk had come into my life and stolen my heart. I had one child and one on the way (neither by him) .. he took us in immediately and...