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Aug 7, 20217 min read
Each Time We Fall
I thought my father was sending me off to the city with my uncle to study. I didn’t fully grasp that I was sold until I was about 15 years..
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May 5, 20217 min read
Because of My Mother
I was just a teenager watching my mother grow weak. And when she was gone, my father was not the type to take over her caring spirit. He was
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Apr 20, 20219 min read
The River Takes and the River Gives
It took about 12 hours before the search and rescue team found Eloy’s lifeless body on a sandbank. I called my mother-in-law, repeating the
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Feb 24, 20218 min read
On That Fateful Day
| This is the 563rd story of Our Life Logs® | Rat-tat-tat-tat! I yelled. I screamed. I couldn’t move. I was ready to die. I am originally...
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Oct 21, 20207 min read
Secrets from the Grave
As we gathered up belongings we could fit in our hands, we sulked out the door, knowing that life was never going to be the same after this.
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Oct 16, 20207 min read
A Tale of Survival: A COVID-19 Story
We spoke with my father on the phone right before he was put on a ventilator. My heart broke as I apologized to him that I couldn’t take
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Apr 15, 20207 min read
I Will Miss You Forever
My parents waited anxiously for my birth as I was their first child. They loved me like no other and dotted over me, but our poverty...
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Mar 25, 20208 min read
Even When the Waves Crash, the Mountain Stands
When looking back at those days, I marvel at how far I have come. Maybe it was luck. Maybe it was desperation. Maybe I will never find out..
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Feb 28, 20208 min read
Everybody’s Got a Song
I think I realized early on that I could either be really bitter about it, or I could gain a lot of really great life skills...
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Feb 14, 20207 min read
The Greatest Honor
My father made little money as a government officer and could not afford to take care of us kids...
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Feb 3, 202010 min read
The Memories We Pass On
Each time we visited the hospital with the fear that this would be the time, the moment life would leave my father...
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Jan 27, 20208 min read
No, Depression Can’t Have Me
Growing up in a very strict Christian family, I was expected to settle down and start a family. As I waited for Mr. Right...
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Jan 17, 20209 min read
It’s the Baby
Even now I’m still stunned when I think of the way it all went so fantastically to hell in front of my eyes...
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Jan 6, 20207 min read
When the Truth Came to Be
To me, my father, my so-called “hero,” single-handedly ruined my life and my family, all over a personal dispute...
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Nov 20, 20199 min read
Behind Every Dark Cloud
My father was a police officer, and my mother ran a small shop. My life started out normal...
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Oct 30, 20199 min read
Life Is Precious
Behind every proverb, there is experience and reflection. Now, I don’t claim to know it all, but I know what I’ve lived...
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Oct 27, 20197 min read
A Dream Is All It Took
As a kid, my father used to tell me that “life is not a bed of roses,” and now I wish I would have taken him seriously...
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Aug 30, 20198 min read
Life in the Mountains
Located at the extreme north of Pakistan, Nathia Gali is considered to be one of the most beautiful and scenic places in Pakistan...
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Aug 29, 20198 min read
Home Is What We Feel
I loved my mom, but I didn’t get much time with her because she had bad lungs. She already had asthma, but her job only worsened...
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Aug 28, 20198 min read
I Love This Life Because You Are in It
They say that daughters are a blessing, but that was not my reality. You see...for years, I blamed myself for my mother’s death...
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