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Her Story
Lived experience, told in the first person.
TWSC Submission: Healing from a Painful Childhood
Sometimes the grown ups in our lives mess up big time and create deep-seated wounds that take years to heal from. Phoebe experienced a series of events that marred her childhood and ultimately led to separation from her loved ones and being forced into child labour. This is her story in her own words:
Losing Baby Angela
Jenna and Daniel are a lovely couple from the Philippines. They have been married for 12 years and had been dating for four years prior to that. They were blessed with three sons: James (12), Zachary (3), and Ronron (1).
How She Turned Her Story of Pain into Helping Women who Have Suffered Baby Loss
I got married at 21 years of age and immediately got pregnant. Throughout my pregnancy, I never had any problems. I went to every appointment with my doctor and did all scans and tests. The day my labour started, I packed my bags and went to my local hospital. When I got there, all checks were done and everything was normal including the baby's heartbeat.
How Righteous Chawane Began to Heal After the End of Her 5-Month Marriage
Thirty-three-year-old Righteous Chawane grew up in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa and knew as a child that she was destined to serve. The first of five children born to Dr. Ray and Pastor Precious Chawane, the desire to serve didn’t fall far from the tree.
Loss, Heartbreak and the Death of Loved Ones: Hazvineyi Dumba's Story of Healing and Managing Adversities
Norest Hazvineyi Dumba grew up in the high-density suburbs of Glen View 1 in Harare. Her family valued love, peace, happiness and loyalty. Her father was a truck driver and her mother a businesswoman.
TWSC Series: From Teen Mom to Serial Entrepreneur – LaChelle Jackson’s Meandering Journey to Success – Part 1
Being an entrepreneur is in LaChelle Jackson’s blood. Her father was self-employed and worked in construction while her mother handled the administrative part of the business. Watching her parents work hard to provide for the family fueled LaChelle to be the serial entrepreneur she is today. She is a hairstylist, candy maker, insurance agent…just to name a few.
TWSC Submission: How my Marriage and Womb were Restored
Those are the words shared by Vimbai Ncube who was born and raised in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, as the youngest of four children. Because she was born during the wartime in 1973, the family had to relocate from Entumbane to Queens Park where her father worked as a cook for a white family. Entumbane had become the epicentre of the Bulawayo battle named Gukurahundi.
TWSC Submission: Finding Fulfillment in Doing What I Love
My name is Dorah Saziso Ncube Zibengwa. I stay in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. I am a mother of two and expecting the third child. I am a Ndebele and English news anchor at Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC). I started working at ZBC in 2016 after I managed to pull through auditions for news presenters. I had always been a fluent reader and always enjoyed reading, and I believe tha
TWSC Submission: How I Learned to Value Myself After Many Years of Bad Relationships
I come from a family of nine children. My mother lost one, so we are now eight. As a teenager, we were living in a one-bedroom apartment and I didn't find the place comfortable. I had a hatred for my dad. I didn't like the fact that he would drink, come home very late and wouldn't pay attention to us, his kids. I would see other children growing up with proper care from their f
MC, Radio Personality Gogo Beau Discusses Achieving Success Despite the Odds Being Stacked Against Her
I was born through what some people might call incest. My mother was impregnated by her sister’s husband’s brother. She used to visit her sister frequently (in Gutu, Zimbabwe) and that is how she ended up falling in love with her brother-in-law. One thing led to another and my mother ended up falling pregnant and eloped.
Overcoming Heartbreak and Depression: Tariro's Story
Tariro Chasi was born and raised in Zimbabwe in the early 90s and then moved to Namibia to be with her parents back in 2009. She told The Weight She Carries that growing up, she was a very cheerful, loving and ambitious young girl. She was very friendly and sociable, too.
Healing from a Failed Marriage
Sandra* was my college professor in a psychology course back in 2008. She is the mother of two girls and has a master’s degree in psychology in Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (Manila). She is very smart, a fashionista and fluent in speaking English, which really amazed us. At the time, I thought that she was a foreigner.