Resilience is established in a determination of spirit- a willpower to embrace all that make life worth living even in the face of difficulty. Resilience does not have a face, body, or even gender; resilience has a story. For me, I struggle with suicidal thoughts. Suicidal thoughts have taken over my life since I was in sixth grade. I know the root of it was my parents’ divorce, but that was only one of the many reasons why. Additionally, I had been verbally and emotionally abused by my entire family for as long as I can remember. It was normal in my culture and where I came from. But, abuse of any form should not be normalized. In Haiti, where I am from any form of mental illness does not exist and is considered fake. My mom would
