Hey. Meet me, Angel Maria. I’m a teenager from back in school looking for a simple, peaceful life. My early years were marked by terror and horrific experiences. My cousins started molesting me when I was three years old, and it went on...
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!
Why do we keep silent? Why don’t we just “speak up?” It’s a fair question for someone who hasn’t ever been used and exploited and manipulated for their body. Those who have never felt the bone aching shame that comes with because used...
I was thinking about murder, rape and other terrifying things. It was something different. I raise the problem of traditions and kidnapping without a girl’s permission. I just wonder, why me? I was still a kid. How come it is still happening...
My childhood was overwhelmed with sexual, emotional and physical abuse as well as being exposed to violence and criminal activity by my parent. I fell pregnant at 14 in care by my ex partner who later went on to be my perpetrator during my...
i am a girl living in pakistan. who has ups and downs in her life.who cry gets happy and feel all the emotions like a mature teen. i suffered from fake freinds. i have no sister. i have no one to share my pain with. sometimes i feel like to end...
The headlines of my story: > I lived with domestic abuse growing up > I was raped aged 14 > Moved 11 times to different towns and different schools before I was 16 > Failed my A-levels > Lost my brother age 20 > Homeless and...
The world looks so big through the lenses of a young girls eyes. So many opportunities, so many ways to go. Daydreaming, I would think of all the things I wanted for my life when I became a woman. I would not have kids. No, I couldn’t...
I picked this story because it’s my own experience. I was traumatized deeply from that, and it was very hard for me to get out of this experience and get out of these thoughts. I said yes to this project because I was traumatized deeply...
My name is Ashley Hall. I am the founder of Houston’s Lift Off. This is Houston’s story. Houston was born at 25 weeks. He was born August 14th, 2015. He weighted 1 pound 3 ounces when he born. He lived 4 1/2 months in the Neonatal Intensive...
My parents have been tough on me lately I need to to be loved it’s been hard going through this I been so sad lately.