Why I Love Myself

I love myself

I love myself because  I am beautiful and I am a good mother to my Kids, and a wonderful wife to my husband. My HIV journey was very hard, but I have friends and family that help me to move on with my life. This gives me the strength to empower myself  to live and love myself for who I am. Now I am feeling wonderful and blessed a great achievement from who I was before. by Sweet Honey

Living in a world that is constantly trying to make me feel ashamed of me.       I stand proud , and confident, I am unique  with the same value, like any other.     My Dreams and the Love have for myself is what motivates me each day to live a happy life. Right now I’m living the best life, because I love me, and this is my  greatest inspiration. by Lovelace

Self Love                                Through the highs and lows, we as women cultivate a profound love for our bodies, recognizing that health and beauty transcend the limitations of any diagnosis. We learn to cherish the present, celebrate victories, and honor the journey – a journey that goes beyond the virus, encapsulating dreams, aspirations, and the pursuit of happiness.

In the tapestry of self-love, HIV-positive women weave threads of compassion, empowerment, and authenticity. Each day becomes a testament to our ability to embrace life with open hearts, dispelling myths, and proving that love, in all its forms, is a force that transcends any circumstance. By Buttercup 🍀

Its that time of year LPW

February 1-14 …Love Positive Women! Romance starts @home

Women will be sharing thoughts and feelings about self love, self care , wellness and affirmations to women who have love and cared for women living with HIV.

Here are the first responders to Why I Love Mysellf

I love myself because I am  incredible, I ‘m fun loving, and want others to feel                loved, respected and good about themselves. by Jovial

 I am a beautiful soul made by God. Roses has many colours and I love sparkly RED. Red represents the blood of the lambs that God sheds for our sins and made us whole. I am special in Gods sight!!! by Sparkly Red

I love myself ! I am curious, love to hold my head up high to the sky no matter what people  want to say about me living with HIV.   I just want to say to others  press forward in reaching  your goal. We are nice Jamaican  black women Power by Candy crush

I love myself because I am a fighter, I love myself because I am a beautiful black woman living with HIV.   I am very proud of myself because I have learnt to take life one day at a time.  Life was not easy,  but I learn to keep positive. With  the help of God and family I  have succeeded to make my life happy.  I’m free so no matter  what other might be saying I still love me. by Angel Bless

Someone I Trusted

That is the person who gave me HIV, my baby father

He was someone I trusted. One day I heard the rumor that he is HIV positive. I asked him about it and he said ‘NO! nuttin nuh guh suh’ …I found myself losing weight, having no appetite, feeling weak and tired all the time. 

So one day I decided to get tested. I was scared, but I went to the clinic and get the HIV test. Waited for about half hour to get the results. That was when the nurse says to me ‘I have bad news and good news’. That day my world turn upside down. 

I came home, called him and tell him the bad news I got. He hang up the phone on me. From that day I never hear from him or se him again.

It was struggling for me but thank God I am living for myself. I meet some wonderful people. I accepted myself, loving me even more. I went to sessions that teach me a lot about how to forgive and accept who I am.

From Time to time a note to self

You are alive and worthy of love and understanding. Be purposeful in all you do to love yourself and recognize those who care about you.

There is no guilt in taking the time to talk about your feelings and to have aspirations that do not include giving to someone other than yourself.

Check your vision and be true to yourself, so that you can gain the strength of purpose to be the woman in your vision. _Gretchen Carvajal_

I Am A Jamaican

We need to solve

  1. Crime & violence /GBV – it create fear
  2. Teenage pregnancy – affects both government and the society, because it put a burden on the country
  3. Health care – Lack of medication & supplies incompetent doctors
  4. Proper roads – bad roads cause accidents and keep people from reaching where they are going
  5. Education – special education for slower learning person is VERY slow to reach who need it
  6. Food security – Jamaica need better food security to ensure we are feeding more and wasting less
  7. Housing – More housing solutions for people both urban and rural
  8. Water – Lack of water for many household in rural areas
  9. Electricity – Government need to implement a plan so that everyone can afford to pay
  10. Transportation- lack of buses and lots of hustlers
  11. Teachers – quality of customer service
  12. Government
  13. Police

I Am A Jamaican Woman

living with HIV,  We Matter! We Care                        I am single and I am concern about Loneliness                  Crime & Violence                                Discrimination                                Abuse -verbal /physical                            Lack of self motivation                            Depression                                 Lack of support for women living with HIV                   Lack of jobs for single mothers .

You cannot share information with people you don’t trust or family members you cannot trust                                     Sometimes you cannot send your children to school because you have no money. If you have more than 1 child you cannot get your children on the PATH Program* (personal experience requires more clarity on procedures)

I am a Jamaican woman

I am a Jamaican woman living with HIV. We Matter. We are part of the solution.  

I have a husband and wish to eliminate

  1. Unemployment
  2. Crime & Violence
  3. Stigma and discrimination
  4. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
  5. Violation of privacy and abuse in health care settings
  6. Have more programmes to assist women living with HIV
  7. More facility where we can get social support, safe housing, financial support.
  8. Employment (document issues) Government need to work with other governments that are barring PLHIV from working in the field of their choice.

I Am A Jamaican Woman living with HIV

I own my business and have 3 kids

The things that affect me are

1. Discrimination

2. Lack of stability

3. Crime and violence

4. Understanding how to channel our passion into advocacy for change in family, community and government

5. Education- cost of achieving my education goals

6. Opportunities to better myself

7. Homelessness

8. Food security

9. Lack of education about HIV