I have been wanting to share a very deep personal component of my past which I felt you may find touching. It sheds light on the human side of who I am and I wanted to share this part of my life with you because I have so many loving and supporting followers. I went through life and death situations just up until I was around 12. My family and I went through some horrible times during the war which were life changing for us. This moment, a life changing event is what lead us to finally move to the US. During the last war we lost everything, we ran away barefoot, many people thought we were dead. We fought for our lives for 15 days through famine, fear, and dehydration before we finally made it to the other side of the city after the cease fire. We had nothing, but thank God we made it alive. We lost our home, all of our personal belongings including photos and memories we had from the past when our home was burnt down. We were homeless, had no money, and lost my childhood from all the horrible things I saw during the war. Life has taught me a lot. I live those horrible memories daily, truly a post traumatic event. I still fear sleeping at home alone, thinking someone’s going to attack me during the night. Waking up to bad dreams of these memories, keeps me up at night. Time heals but it’s hard to forget. Most importantly, I know what it feels like to have nothing, and that’s why I will never forget what it feels like to GIVE. Giving and doing good to others is the most wonderful feeling you can ever experience. It gives me strength, it gives me hope, it gives me happiness and it inspires me so much to work harder and harder every day doing what I do here on instagram. The harder I work to make a living, the more I can give back and make a difference in peoples lives.Their smiles and prayers makes me happier and stronger. I will continue to work harder to keep this cause going for as long as I can.I will never give up giving and helping people in need.I’m blessed that God gave me this gift. Listen to the song “This is me” by @kealasettle. Thank you @conciousworkingmama for inspiring me to share this story. Thanks to all of you for supporting this cause❤️#thisisme

cookinwithmimaさん(@cookinwithmima)が投稿した動画 - 2018/03/12 01:49:31