What if you were a woman? What if you were a daughter? What if you were a single mom? What if you were 38? What if you were a teacher? What if you were unemployed? What if you were scared? What if you were unsure? What if you were seeking peace? What if you […]
I am a prisoner
I am so tired of being a prisoner. I have served a sentence of being a wife to a monster for over 20 years and I have to continue to serve for at least another 5. But I am tired. And I don’t want to be in prison anymore. I just want to be at […]
Amb
For anyone who grew up in the church, you know that “Youth Group” is a right of passage for teens. As a church kid myself, I spent so many years looking up to these older kids, anxiously awaiting the day that I would be one of them. When I was 10, my family moved to […]
When The Nightbirde Sings
It’s ok! If you’re lost…we’re all little lost and it’s alright! You don’t have to be lost on your own. Tell us what you’re going through here at Where My Village and let us and the rest of the world love and support you. You can’t wait until life isn’t difficult anymore to be happy! […]
With the Help of Others
This daily meditation seems so fitting because June 7th is my birthday. And I created this blog because when I was lost and in the darkness, I was so desperate for someone or something to reach out and help me. I am hoping that if you are looking foe guidance or healing, Where My Village […]
I Am the Black Hole and the Black Hole is Me
What I have written below may seem very raw and intense. It is not intended to alarm, harm or scare anyone. It is a metaphorical representation of what my depression and loneliness felt like, as it is often hard to describe with words. There is dark hole in the middle of one the biggest cities […]
We Left at 2am
After years in the US, my mom gathered enough money to bring me over. She called one day and told me I was going to take a long trip just like she did with one of her friends & her 4 year old daughter. I remember how happy I was because I was finally going […]