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A complicated story from simple girl.

This is the story of my life, my experiences, my encounters, my failures and my successes.

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No matter what life throws at you, you can make it.

Love, betrayal and solitude was synonymous with me as I’m sure is familiar with most of us.

Here’s a snippet of my story,

” I sat in my car that fateful night and knew I could not take it anymore. It was late in the night and I was still at the construction site miles away from home. I had just had a lousy day and I felt that I had no strength to keep going. Nothing seemed to be working for me, I had not had a decent sleep for months and my mind, body, and soul were shutting down. What started as a bountiful year suddenly turned dark as the days went by and no matter what I tried to do I was not able to lift the greying clouds that slowly engulfed my life. I knew for sure I was on my way out of the Company. This had been the best year of my career, I had achieved and surpassed all my targets, I had bagged several awards within the Company and in the Banking Industry as well, and I was well on my way to climbing another step in the corporate world and being the Vice Chair of one of the Major Housing Saccos in the country a bonus in my bid to become an Investment Banker, but alas here I was staring at the collapse of it all, death offered more solace than the very thought of living……”

 

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