In a few days we go back to the place where I come from, a place I left almost 22 years ago. There are times when I still can’t believe it. It is a small place. An island. This journey […]
10. Victim and culprit
Sometimes I wonder how much I’m to blame for what has happened to me, for my fibroids, and for the deterioration of my health over time. As well as thinking about myself, I also think about all the other […]
8. Three days two nights
Including the operation, I was in hospital for three days and two nights. The first night was the hardest of them all, partly because of the pain in the wounds and partly because I couldn’t rest due to the […]
7. Thirst for knowledge
I have spent a long time trying to quench a thirst that makes me feel deserted. It is a thirst for knowledge. Knowledge of getting to know myself and understand how my body works. I have spent a long time in search of answers and balance. And it’s not until […]
4. Rejection
At some point it all started with rejection, the disconnection from myself, as a woman. Nelly explained to me once that when we reject a part of ourselves it is out of fear that if we identify with it, others […]
1. A journey to reconnect
I feel the need to share this journey of self-discovery that I have started due to facing an upcoming operation to remove some fibroids in my uterus. For a long time, I avoided facing this operation. I believed there wasn’t a good-enough reason (The click), until […]