Happily Made

People know me as the Monkey Lady—the woman creating jobs for marginalized mothers in Cambodia. I'm thrilled to be able to make a difference in a developing country and love to speak about my community project. It's a great story that I'm passionate about, but in order to fully appreciate it, there's another story that needs to be told first, and that is my own—a story weaving from Sweden to Jerusalem, onto Australia, and eventually rural Cambodia. It explains how behind the playful entrepreneur there is a wide-eyed young woman who bravely stepped into life thinking that she had all the answers. Nothing could have prepared her for what followed! My story is raw, vulnerable, and at times difficult to write. Thank you for allowing it to be shared.