My Frisky Trifecta is living half-glass full. Bold, not blasé. Curious, not complacent. That saved my life and makes me 70 going on 30. At 62, an unidentifiable virus devoured 75% of my lungs in six hours. It was like an unconscionable...
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!
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood sexual assault and rape. My story starts at 8 years old, although I’m not going to start there. In fact, if I were to start there it would...
From a home that acted differently behind closed doors, from a, mom who hated me from birth, to man who was allowed in our home and allowed to rape me,to a mean teacher, to a pastor who spoke evil of me. I am Forever Different due to random...
My story contains stuff that might be uncomfortable for some people. I had to go trough it but that doesn’t mean you have to. It contains SA , abuse & murder. I remember a lot from my childhood. Bad memories. I remember being left out...
once upon a time a family was consists of two baby boys and one mom and one dad. this family was poor, they lived in Syria. And the mom couldn’t eat and she was pregnant with a baby girl. After 9 months the baby was born, the family was...
The quote reads ‘Things either make you or break you.’ I believe at first, my life really broke me. But when I started to comprehend how wasteful I was being with my existence, it was like all the wires in my brain had been plugged back...
Being adopted didn’t give me a better life, but it changed the route of my life journey and I’d like to share a little bit about that with all of you this evening. One day when I was 8 years old and sitting in the back seat of our beige...
Life is a journey full of ups and downs, struggles and joys. “I believe the real heroes are those who rebuild their lives using adversity as a stepping stone to in the midst of the chaos life has thrown at them.” -Nikki Rowe I want...
On Thanksgiving Day, I decided to write to my local newspaper about the many wonderful and “unique” things and events in my life to be grateful “for” as well as grateful “in spite of”. It is my hopes that my...
Hi, It’s been a crazy year as we all know but I think this is what made me think about life officially. I am a 15-year-old student of high school and have a girlfriend of 1 year right now. She and I had some rocky times we broke up, got...