Stories of Resilience

We had not long celebrated Mel’s 30th birthday. No one would expect the news we were about to receive. Mel had a lump on her

Resilience of A Brave Sailor  As Ghanaians, there is this expectation to have hard skin against emotional, psychological, and mental challenges, especially after dwelling in

I grew up with a physically abusive alcoholic father. This caused me a lot of anger and confusion about how to process my emotions. In

I spent twenty-five years in a highly physically, spiritually, sexually, emotionally, and verbally abusive religious cult. The abuse started at age nine. Dec 27, 2004,

I was pregnant with my last child (son). I was at risk of losing him. I had high blood pressure, I had placenta Pre-via, and

The diary of a stupid new girl. It was my sixth elementary school in five years in three different Southern California towns by the age

I remember the first day of school like it was yesterday.  I was only five years old, but my birthday was in December, so I

After losing my mother to breast cancer when I was 20, I grew up expecting to get cancer eventually. It did finally happen, but not

As far back as I can remember, being a mother was always my heart’s deepest desire. I may not have realized it then, but from

I found out my mother died on vacation in Italy while I was in the NICU with my newborn. Ironically, I rediscovered my love for

You are not what happened to you but what you choose to become. At the age of 13, tragedy struck my world. The sun shone

I lost my middle sister, Carrie, who died by suicide on February 20th, 2017, and my son had his 2nd episode of seizures on the