Stories

Every woman & 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 follow the link 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!

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La Hermandad de las Sobrevivientes de Cáncer

“Me temo que no tengo buenas noticias para ti”, dijo mi amiga quien también es mi ginecóloga. Podía escuchar la […]

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Puertas Corredizas: Un Nuevo Mundo

La vida es siempre sorprendente y aunque lo sabemos, ésta nos continuará asombrando con el paso de las situaciones o […]

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Not too long ago, my son and I were the face of SNAP, hunger and poverty in Idaho

June 8, 2008, I remember the day vividly—the nurse practitioner told me I had Type 2 Diabetes. I argued with […]

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A Safer Future for Me and My Baby

Sometimes, I wake up from crying in my sleep during the night. Why? Every night for the last three years […]

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The Sreepur Village, Bangladesh

In my 26 years of married life, I gave birth to five daughters in hope each time of giving birth […]

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Growing with Girls on the Run

I first learned about Girls on the Run from a coworker, she was telling us at lunch how much her […]

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Mission To Remission™ – Lyme Disease Awareness

I was honored last year when Say It Forward shared my video regarding my fight against Lyme disease. I am […]

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I Hated My Body So Much, I Wanted To Stop Breathing…

When I woke up in the morning, the first thing I was conscious of was how much I hated my […]

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I am Woman.

I am woman. I am strong, confident, powerful and bold. I am learning the value of my worth everyday with […]

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Thinking big and not giving up!

I am a mom that truly loves GOTR and what it stands for. My daughter absolutely loves this program. I […]

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Welcoming sadness

I am an adult child of a narcissistic mother. I was raised in a family that didn’t accept separateness or […]

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You Can Do It!

Girls On The Run changed my life by encouraging me. When I started I couldn’t run very far. I didn’t […]