Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood sexual assault. Hello everyone! I don’t know exactly where I should start with this since explaining isn’t exactly my biggest strong suit...
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 in an abusive marriage for 20 years, I was called a loser and it made me work harder to prove I wasn’t, I became an RN BSN, still attempting suicide several times, controlled and manipulated and destroyed, I finally got out but not...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood rape and other experiences of sexual assault. Hello my name is saida luvenia Mahoney I am 25 years old I am from Oakland California I am...
Hi there My name is Emma, I’m a teenager living in New Zealand, and I’d like to share my story. Not for fame, or recognition, or sympathy, or anything like that. Purely to tell other girls that they aren’t alone. I was...
I am Vaishali Singh sharing story of my motherhood. Like every other girl i also had big dreams about my career but due to pregnancy complications ..i left my so full fledged career for my daughter.. It’s not that I am sad or upset about...
I want to start by putting up a trigger warning, my story talks about subjects that might be hard or triggering for some. My name is Em and my battle with mental illness started at a young age. Growing up when my parents didn’t want me...
At 10pm I went to nearby shop for shampoo. One boy followed me & he tried to enter my room forcefully. He almost entered & then I pushed him away & started shouting then he ran but I was afraid to go anywhere. I told my some so...
Hi my name is Samantha Quintero I’m 22 years old almost 23 years old I was born with HRHS which is called Hypoplastic right heart syndrome pulmonary atresia congestive heart failure ~ Photo credit: Image provided by the storyteller.
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood rape. I remember when I was younger, feeling, that I was different from other kids. I did not have a mom or dad at home and kids used to ask...
So basically, I was a very good student, if it came to studies, discipline, both. I was just trying to impress each and every teacher, so that they think good about me and make me incharge. So firstly, geography ma’am was the one who got...