Finding My Way Across Continents “My Gutsy Story®” Kathy Gamble I was born in Burma and grew up on five continents. When I was 18, I went to college in the US, my passport country. It was very difficult for me. I was used to adjusting to new places and blending in but this time it was different. I looked and talked like an American but I had Continue Reading
Vote For Your Favorite March 2014 “My Gutsy Story®”
Get ready to VOTE for your favorite one of 5 “My Gutsy Story®” submissions. You have from now until April 16th to vote on the sidebar, (only one vote per person) and the winner will be announced on April 17th, and will select a prize from our generous sponsors. Our 1st “My Gutsy Story®” is by Yelena Parker. SONIA SAYS: Yelena is living Continue Reading
Sometimes we have to save ourselves. How Poetry Saved My Life
Poetry Saved My Life “My Gutsy Story®” by Angela Marie Carter We don't have to die in order to stop living. In fact, most of my childhood and teen years were a form of sleeprunning, (not to be confused with sleepwalking), that led to my one and only suicide attempt. At around 15-years of age, I made a decision to play Russian Roulette with Continue Reading
“Doing Everything, Being Happy” by Peter Jones
On my thirty-second birthday, as I sat at my mother’s dining room table in front of a large cake, thirty two candles threatening to ignite my beard should I lean too far forward, I realised that the only ambition I had left in life – the only dream I hadn’t given up on – was to be married. Or at least in some sort of steady, loving Continue Reading
Exploration, Freedom and Being in Control of My Life
Age of Exploration A “My Gutsy Story®” by Rachael Rifkin Growing up, summer vacations meant hiking in Mammoth Mountain. After the first couple consecutive years, I was ready to go somewhere else. We used to go other places—Palm Springs, Big Bear, San Francisco, Arizona, Utah. We even went all the way to Disney World when I was seven. So I began Continue Reading