Twenty years passed, and if I can go back in time, I will hold my 17-year-old self and tell her it's all going to be okay and that she is winning at this thing call life.  I will thank her for being so strong, never giving up, and believing in herself.  Without her perseverance and relentless fight to survive, I would not grow into the woman I am today. She is the reason of what started it all and have pave the foundations so more stories like hers can be told.