When people think of domestic violence, we tend to think about physical damage. Sometimes we forget that it is so much more than that. Many victims end up scarred for life. It must be because of the mental/emotional implications.
Haile is a 17-year-old high school student…
For any single ladies that may be reading this, know you are not alone and that it can get better. With Valentines Day quickly approaching, I know feelings of bitterness and loneliness sometimes creep in and it can be difficult to keep your head up. Maybe your relationship…
Model Mom says…
As we sit and watch the world around us, there is an ugly monster that has been rearing its head out of the shadows and that monster is discouragement. Yes, DISCOURAGEMENT!
Why discouragement and not hate, depression, lust, fear…etc. Well let…
My story began almost 30 years ago during an overnight at my best friends’ camp on one of the Finger Lakes in Central New York. I was 19 years old and with 10 friends I had known most of my life. I rode to the camp with my best friend and her husband, who was in the Navy.
I often hear a girl’s first glimpse on how to be treated by a man should come from her father. Well, one might say if you did not grow up with your father, it is hard to know how to be treated. Since I did not meet my father until I was a teenager I dealt with identity…
So I wanted to take time to congratulate myself for being so dope and really sticking to my guns and not getting discouraged or quitting. Last week was rough, this cold weather has really been kicking my butt.
I tried resting but the anxiety of my first photo shoot for…
First, I want to start by saying that I’m still a little “uncomfortable” with being this open and vulnerable but I know that great things happen in the midst of discomfort.
So… today, I just need to vent and get some things off my chest. Not…
I have been contemplating for a while now about being so open with this part of my life; it is not easy at all. But I guess I’ll start by formally introducing myself, I am Shawnta and I have a chronic illness, fibromyalgia.
I was really ill, about a year ago, and after…
I’m asked quite often when or how soon I plan to get married and have children. I assume it’s because I am months away from turning 30. Can you relate? I know some people may not mean anything by it, but sometimes it seems as if they’re assuming something is wrong with…
In the early days, things were quite good…
I met him when I was 16 years old and I was living in Hong Kong. We didn’t start a relationship straight away because he just came to Hong Kong for a visit. He was seven years older than me. I thought: ‘he is handsome, he is…