It is our practice at the Woman’s Co-op to pose a question to our training candidates weekly, that they then answer in a short essay. It helps staff to get to know our trainees better and it enhances the writing skills of our trainees. I have enjoyed reading their...
I think that we are here to learn and experience life for all that it is. We learn new things, new lessons. Meet new people, discover ourselves, and our passions. I think that our purpose is to grow, and heal and evolve our soul. Through love, and mistakes through...
My Opinion on Poverty Poverty is one of the most pressing problems of the world today. So many people face this issue daily and are without access to a lot of basic essentials such as; housing, adequate food if any at all. Medical treatment and so further. Poverty...
I can’t lie, it’s been hard. I’ve been struggling. When I don’t have hope, the struggle makes me feel like a failure. I want to be proud of myself and I really want my son, Leo to be the most proud of me. I’m still finding me, trying to learn how to love this version...
I’m originally from Battle Creek MI born and raised. I lived with my mom for 2 years in California while I was in elementary school. She was addicted to drugs whole in a domestic violence relationship with her husband. That soon became me and my brother. We used to...
There are two sides to every story, and I believe there are two sides to poverty. Poverty can make or brake a person as in doing horrific things to survive your situation. Such as drugs, prostitution, gangs etc. All those bad experiences can really make a person see...
My name is Amber Joy Shuford-Montney, but all my friends and family call me AJ. I am a 39-year-old woman with 4 biological children. My oldest son is David. At the time of pregnancy, I was not ready to be a mom and my mother always wanted a son, so my mother...
For starters, God you know what I don’t even know where to begin, so I will start from here; my mother and I didn’t have a good relationship. I didn’t feel supported or most of the time even loved. But truth be told, life isn’t always the best...
I’m a mother of 3 and a caretaker to my husband who has a type of terminal cancer. Life got real difficult right around 2013 when my husband was diagnosed with cancer. I had a job set up at a doctors office, instead of me being able to go to work to help out my...
It’s June 2022 and I’m Krystal, 29 years of age, mother of 6 and separated. Personally selected by God to elevate at an unbelievable rate, I Krystal was once someone who allowed her mistakes, hardships and failures mold her into a useless ball of clay....
