My name is Carina Imbrogno and I’m a self taught award winning artist and illustrator. I would like to share my miracle story with everyone I can possibly reach to help inspire them and give them hope. I’m becoming an inspirational...
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 was a special Ed child, hyper. I pray to God that I was sorry for the mean things I done. 1 st I had teen pregnancy. I got married,in a wrong relationship,b cause I didn’t know. I had more kids, the landlord had the heat shut off...
I was born in Haiti, where life is a much different experience. I have many brothers and sisters, and we were about as poor as you could ever imagine being. Sick, malnourished, no understanding of the English language, and a problem I did not...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood sexual molestation and assault. I am a 29-year-old woman, born in Oakland, California. When I was a baby, around the age of 1/2, My biological...
Hi, I’m Ria. In my freshman year, I was cyberbullied along with other kids on an Instagram account under our school’s name right before our finals. I was stressed and worried, and I felt like there was no way out. But knowing that...
I never imagined that a single moment could change everything. i didn’t know it then, but for the next three days, u woul be caught between two worlds-one of the living and one beyond. When time stood still, this was my 72- hour Awakening...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood rape and other experiences of sexual assault. I was 9 and homeless, living in a farmhouse as me and my family didn’t have our own. I was...
What is More Difficult: Losing a Mother or Becoming a Mother? Is that a stupid question? Losing a 63 year old mother to pancreatic cancer was extremely difficult, especially when your mother is Barbara Ann Riccardi, but giving birth to your one...
I never imagined that a cancer diagnosis would redefine my life in the most unexpected way. When I was diagnosed in 2012, my world shattered. The fear, uncertainty, and physical toll of treatment were overwhelming. But what lingered long after...
I am a young woman from Mkoba, a prosaic location in Gweru, Zimbabwe, raised by my resilient siblings and my courageous, ailing single mother—a family whose unwavering strength inspired me to fight for opportunities and strive for more. Life...