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Her Story
Lived experience, told in the first person.
TWSC Submission: How I Became 'The Other Woman'
Growing up, I always envisioned my wedding day. How beautiful I would look in white, and how I would live happily ever after with my imaginary man. We would have four children, I always thought - two boys and two girls, and live a good life in a nice suburb.
In Her Shoes: It Wasn’t Worth It
Ten years later, she looks back and thinks again…was it worth it? She retraces her steps and realizes that she was more in love with her boyfriend than he was with her, but she didn’t know that then. He seemed earnest when he told her she would be the best mother for his future children. She was 20 then. Deep down, she didn’t want to get married so young, but he was older and a
TWSC Post-Me: Making The Picture
What a beautiful picture. It speaks to me because the reason the photographer stopped to capture this image was most likely because of the green flower. It’s what makes the picture so captivating. What if the green flower spent its days wallowing in shame and distress because it didn’t look like the other flowers? What if it spent its days and nights in tears, asking its creato
In Her Shoes: The Esther Factor
Life had been tough. Not only had she lost both parents, but she was a foreigner living in exile. Thank God for Cousin Mordecai who had taken her in and raised her as his own. He had taught her well and protected her from unsolicited attention her beauty often drew. But cousin Mordecai couldn’t hide her from scouts sent from the palace in search of the most beautiful women in t