Melissa Karimzadeh

I changed my pain into hope

It was 2017 in sunny California. 3 years after I lost my mother to Ovarian Cancer. 1 year after leaving the home I shared with an ex and having no where to go. 6 months after quitting my office job at HRAI where I worked with heating and airconditioning contractors and tried to avoid water cooler conversations. I put what little belongings I had in storage and I went to California to visit my aunt and try to recollect myself after what seemed like fighting a mental battlefeild.