Once upon a time, I was a single woman. Then I met the man of my dreams. We had one or two big fights and even broke up for a few years. We reconciled in the year 2013 and got married. The day that I got married is the day that I became a step-mother. The first 2 years of our marriage went well. We really started struggling in 2016. We got hit…read more

Dear Grandma’s House,

Every Christmas Eve you were my favorite place to go. I would come into the kitchen when I was a child and the smell of cookies would fill my nostrils. Then everyone I loved the most would greet me with hugs and kisses. I would go into the living room to put my present under the tree. Grandma always had a small tree with l…read more

My 2-year-old runs up to me and crawls into my arms. She holds me tightly and tells me that she loves me. I turn on the TV and my baby disappears. I look around my living room and I can’t find her. Then I hear an awful scream, followed by crying and people speaking in Arabic. She is on the TV! There she is now dead in the middle of the street i…read more

Dear 2025,
I need to survive!
I need to thrive!
I need to live!
I need to forgive!
I need give!