I am a 44 year old woman. I asked a lot of questions as a girl because I always wanted to learn and know more, and remember being told to be quiet, to stop asking questions. I was a natural leader as a girl and wanted to be in charge, and...
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!
Hi. I’m Rohannie. A single mom to a very beautiful baby girl. I want to share my story here because I really have no one to talk to. I got pregnant when I was 20 years old. I was 21 when my baby was born. I just graduated from college and...
The girl with no face could tell no lies because she had no mouth to tell them with. Everyone said she was fine but no one knew the truth. So one day a man asked the girl with no face is she was okay, and the girl nodded her head yes. But...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood rape, other forms of violence and abuse. when I was a toddler I was molested, beaten, starved, and basically tortured. I was drowned, forced to...
I am a drummer from Iraq. Playing music or doing any music activity professionally as an Iraqi is a dangerous thing to do. Some people had their lives threatened for teaching music or being musicians yet we could still play music at home or at...
I have a very sad story to share.please don’t cry or feel sorry for me after reading this.I am not angry or sad with anyone,I just wanna ask god ..why did you do this to me,what had I done to suffer so much. So here is my story.i am a...
It’s been said that the higher you fly, the harder you fall…Unfortunately, I never really, understood the intensity behind this phrase. Now, as I lie crippled in the dark, injured, trembling and uncontrollably sobbing from the pain...
I had a dream last night, I don’t recall much, but here is what I do. I sat on a long metal bench with my mother somewhere in what seems like an almost empty metro station. I sat on one side of the bench and she sat on the opposite. A man...
I am Cherilyn Riveral, I just want to share my story. I just want to let this out. I was 8 when my mom died, my sister was 12 and my older brother was 10. It was a day before the New Year’s Eve. It was raining so hard. We were playing by...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood rape and other forms of abuse. Hi, I’m Coffee T., a 52 year old woman who is disabled. I live with my youngest child/son of 4 children...