leave my soul; instead, I started drowning in it and couldn’t swim to safety.

Depression began to consume me; it started to drown me physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

I was broken in ways I couldn’t describe or voice. I had lost everything that was dear to me and stuck

with a huge financial debt which I wasn’t sure how I was going to pay back. I felt cheated, used, and abused. It was becoming clear I was just a steppingstone so he could have had the life he wanted; just like the sharks of prey I witnessed whilst living in Egypt.

Months passed by; the divorce got more difficult. I would often pray to God more to reconnect to my soul’s journey. I started to write and journal