"The children need me, so I stay."
"I make pants, I make myself."
"I am no longer invisible."
"We chose ourselves first."
"Here's the thing, now I know I'm here. And I know I'm valuable."
"I'm poor, I'm black, I may be ugly and I'm here."
Courage
"I have already lost so much that I consider myself a lucky woman."
Gratitude
"I'm free. I can do anything."
Freedom
"I love God. I love everything God love."
Faith
"Us is here. We is here. And we love each other."
Family
"She come walking in. Then the magic happen."
Love
"Dear God, I am sick."
Hope
"I am here now. And that is enough."
"Finally, I'm in the hands of someone who won't hurt me."
"I have my sister. I have love."
Family
"Lord, please teach me how to be comfortable with myself."
"I understand now why I'm here on this earth."
"Life be a little better when you got somebody to love."
Love
"I don't hate nothing anymore."
Peace
"God don't like ugly."
"That's how come I know God love me."
Faith
"I have become someone I love."
"She touch me like the way God touch the ground."
Love
"The truth set you free."
Freedom
"My life was not over, it was just beginning."
Hope
"I finally understand what living means."
Life
"She my heart, she my breath, she my prayer."
Love
"I'm pore, I'm black, I may be ugly and I can't cook."
"You better not never tell nobody but God."
"Dear God, I am fourteen years old. I have always been a good girl."