Finding the Beauty in Life
I’ve always been full of positivity and a little bit of sass. I guess I just love making people laugh. As a kid, I was known for being...
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Oct 19, 20186 min read
A Peddler’s Dream
As a little boy, I would help my father sell fresh cookies in the streets of our city, Lahore. We woke up early on many mornings...
Oct 17, 20187 min read
The Way We Conquer
These were the questions of a nine-year-old boy, the eldest child in the home, unaware of the coming hardships he might have to face...
Oct 12, 20187 min read
Far Beyond Kentucky
If you are wondering what it was like, just picture farmland, connected to more farmland, all serving as the resting place for groups...
Oct 5, 20187 min read
To Keep the Soul Alive
I was born in 1985, in a country that doesn’t exist on the map anymore. But, the land is still here and the land is still the same...
Oct 5, 20186 min read
On to the Next Chapter
Growing up I was as happy as a child should be. We lived in this huge empty neighborhood with only a few houses, so we had a lot of room...
Oct 4, 20186 min read
To the Girl Who Dreams
Big or small, everyone makes plans for their future. As a girl who loved to dream, I had made plenty. Whether we lose ourselves in...
Sep 28, 20186 min read
As Long as I’m Led
When I think back on all the ups and downs of my time on Earth, I’ve come to know one thing: we don’t get to plan our lives. We can’t...
Sep 24, 20186 min read
Faith Beyond Words
I used to think that my stutter would limit me, but now I see that it is all a matter of perspective and choosing not to worry...
Sep 24, 20186 min read
To Keep Me Young
I’ve worked many jobs in my 92 years of living. I’ve been a sailor, an aircraft engineer, an experimental designer for a college...
Sep 21, 20186 min read
The Rejected One
HIV/AIDS infiltrated my family, first taking my father when I was three and then my three-month-old brother soon after. After my father...
Sep 21, 20186 min read
For the Better
I have always been an easy-going person. Most of my life, I had basically had one mood: happy, more than able to roll with the punches.
Sep 19, 20186 min read
Scars of Cancer
I grew up in a very close-knit family in Kisumu, Kenya. We were like a big team because we knew we could always rely on each other...
Sep 18, 20186 min read
Through the Melody
I’ve been playing in metal bands since I was in high school. From the moment I heard the thunderous fast-paced chug of the melody, I was...
Sep 15, 20187 min read
After the Breakdown
Though the city was tinged with gang violence, I roamed the neighborhoods without fear; a free-spirited soul I was. After playing outside...
Sep 13, 20186 min read
The Golden Path
Despite being the nation’s capital, the city was very poor. I saw beggars in the streets every day, and my own neighbors could barely...
Sep 11, 20186 min read
My Time Will Come
Nothing melts my heart like watching the little smile on a baby’s face. The clutched tiny hands, the feet kicking freely in the air—just...
Sep 7, 20187 min read
Keeping the Path
At this point, the band had been on the road for days. Our clothes were glued to our bodies with sweat and our muscles winced from nights...
Aug 28, 20188 min read
The Will to Survive
I was the eldest child in my family. We went on a long sea voyage to Malaya, a then-British colony in Southeast Asia. My parents settled...
Aug 24, 20186 min read
Life Expands to Fill in the Gaps
My job was to look after the chickens and then collect and clean their eggs. As a family, we all worked together to keep the farm running...
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