Turning Points
2010 Stories of Strength Contest Submissions
Thank you to all of those who shared their stories with us for International Women's Day. Below you will find more wonderful stories, updated and added to as quickly as we are able to gather permission from the submitters.
Up from the Prison of Hate - Cheryl Mahaffy ---- 2010 CONTEST WINNER!
Cynthia's Story - Cynthia Bale
My Moma - Jennifer Polischuk-MacDonald
Feminine Strength - Patricia Travers
Tracey's Story - Sherry Trithart & Anne Marie Brennan
Green Acres (or "do not let the city girl milk your goat") - Stanya Kresta
A Peaceful Night - Pam Chohan
My Story - Sepideh
Janet - Shirley Curle
What You Dare to Dream Dare to Do - Tracie Mandreck
The Distance to Now - Brenda Ask
The Escape - Brenda Ask
The Good Listener - Brenda Ask
All in a Day's Work - Lori D. Roadhouse
Rachel Foster - Gwen Flipsen
Until I Met Olga - Shannon Kernaghan
A Fire - Pam Chohan
Warrior Angel - Susan Dunnigan
I Am Proud of Being a Woman - Debra Ward
Bent Arrow Women - Anonymous
"I have MS, But MS doesn't have me" - Sheryl Frey
I Believe I can Fly - Manuela Buretia
Three Lessons - Patrick Byrne
Remembering Valentina - Janet Greidanus
Slow Birthing in a Fast World - Claudia Villeneuve
Scarred for Life - Lori D. Roadhouse
Living the Dream - Melissa Baird
Untitled - Suzanne Fournier
Grandmother - Anonymous
Stories of Healing and Discovery at YWCA Edmonton
"My Name is Laura; my children and I are survivors..."
"Thank you for giving me back my confidence..."
"Before I met you I was in such turmoil and distress..."
"We used art as a way to express some of the changes my family was going through..."
"Like a lifeline for a drowning man..."
"Now, I use my past to educate youth and the community about drugs..."
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