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As a footballer, playing as a defender requires you to be tough enough to fend off attackers that come your way. And as a petite girl, it never really made sense to me why I loved that position so...
In 2016, I went through something I never expected – losing my dad to brain cancer. At the time, I really thought that my dad would be fully healed. But he wasn’t, and I lost him. His death...
Recently, I’ve been getting so overwhelmed by the demands of life that there are times I feel like I can’t breathe. I’m consumed with panic when I meet someone new at school and simply forget...
In the thick of pubertal weight gain and pimples galore at the age of 12, I was ridden with shame about the way I looked. My parents would scold me for refusing to enter stores to try on new clothes;...
For as long as I can remember, I’ve grappled with some form of anxiety. And as a Jesus-loving, church-going “good Christian girl”, I’ve often found myself stuck trying to reconcile my faith...
It has been close to a year since I was diagnosed with a terminal illness at just 24. I can actually say I was having my best year yet until that moment. Everything was going well: I had a high...
At 13 years old, I was admitted to the hospital because of anaemia, a condition of low red blood cells that caused me to feel tired easily. My haemoglobin level was 5, when a normal level should have...
Giving up full control is not easy. As humans, we like to know that we’re in control of our lives; it gives us security and comfort. However, we forget that there are many things in life that...
Dear Hurting One, I thought of you today when I read these lines. “Kneeling, I’d picked up one of the shards, dragged its sharp edge across my skin, relieved by the red line slowly seeping up,...