Well, it all started when I was around 7. Both my parents are alcoholics and they started drinking. I didn’t fully understand what was going on, I was 7 years old. I remember going upstairs and seeing both my mom and dad passed out in...
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 would like to tell my story how God spoke to me to anyone who will listen. A little bit of background on me, I grew up Catholic. I was baptized when I was maybe 2 weeks old. I was confirmed when I was 13. My family and I only went to church...
Growing up as a little girl I didn’t realize how special I was. At the age of seven, I was taken away from my biological parents and placed in foster care. I felt that was one of the worst days of my life. Placed in three foster homes...
Strong. Humble. Powerful. Courageous. Brave. Independent. Hard-working. These are the words that come to my mind when I think about my mom. Raising two little girls in a single-parent household was not always easy for her, but she never let...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood rape and sexual assault. Why am i writing this? Maybe because i am tired of sitting in my room crying over what YOU (dad) did to me. I am...
VIDEO: Esenam Nyador reminds us that it is our right to share story and important that tell it ourself, and shares some aspects of her story in this brief conversation with Elisa Gambino, One Production Place.
I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, that I didn’t believe her. I sat back and I watched her wonderful spark fade. I sat there and I watched as her eyes dulled, her tears evaporated, and her smile stiffened. I’m sorry I didn’t do anything, I...
God can take your brokeness, the ashes of your old self, your old life and turn it into something beautiful. I can literally say that I have been fighting for my life since the day I was born. I was born 4 months earlier than expected, had my...
VIDEO: Aleksandra Kuljanin explains that our individual background and experiences shape our world and our surroundings, in this conversation with Elisa Gambino, One Production Place.
VIDEO: Aïcha Baldé shares her thoughts about how sharing stories can help promote shared and common values we have, in this brief conversation with Elisa Gambino, One Production Place.