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Neleke McDermott – RESILIENT A.F.: 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
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Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr – RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience
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
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Matthew DeRyckere – RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience
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
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Martha Kartaoui – RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience
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,
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Lori Frazier – RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience
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
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Linda Giangreco – RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience
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
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Leah Kaplan – RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience
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
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Lainie Rosner – RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience
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
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Krista Neill – RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience
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
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Kera Sanchez – RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience
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
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Kelly Chashai – RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience
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
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Kelli Melissa Reinhardt – RESILIENT A.F.: Stories of Resilience
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