top of page
Stories of hope and resilience, Share yours.
What would you like to read today?
Dec 24, 20218 min read
Pandemic Baby Blues
| This is the 606th story of Our Life Logs® | Life doesn’t come with a manual, but if it did, I know it would say this: No matter how the...
0 comments
Dec 10, 20219 min read
The Leap
| This is the 604th story of Our Life Logs® | I am 17. Poised like a cliff diver at the edge of the precipice. Steeling myself to make...
0 comments
Dec 3, 20217 min read
Scattered Thunderstorms: A Pandemic Love Story
| This is the 603rd story of Our Life Logs® | There’s a storm today Maybe not over you But eventually, rain gets bored of elsewhere it...
0 comments
Nov 19, 20218 min read
The Sun Will Always Rise: Pregnancy in the Pandemic
| This is the 601st story of Our Life Logs® | Do not hold your breath when life is kind. Do not perish when life is painful. The wheel...
0 comments
Nov 5, 20218 min read
A Sharecropper's Daughter
| This is the 599th story of Our Life Logs® | For as long as I can remember, I lived and worked on the Corbin Plantation in Lambert,...
0 comments
Sep 17, 20217 min read
The Cycle Ends Here
“What’s wrong mom?” I asked. She ignored my question and continued to look ahead. Eventually we came upon a large building..
0 comments
Jul 10, 20218 min read
Summer in Tennessee: A COVID-19 Story
| This is the 582nd story of Our Life Logs® | One year ago, I never would have imagined sitting in a quiet log home, 30 miles north of...
0 comments
Jun 6, 20215 min read
The Iron Lady
Over time, I learned to see the good with the bad in my mother. From what I remember, my mother was...
0 comments
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
1 comment
Apr 28, 20219 min read
Saying Goodbye to the Shadow
Despite the façade my dad wore the majority of the time, I’d also seen what was behind the mask. My Grandad used to call him “Jekyll and
2 comments
Apr 14, 20219 min read
Babies, Business, Books
Now comes the hard truth: If you’re not in love with your life, or at least enjoy most aspects of it, it’s not a good time to try and...
0 comments
Apr 7, 20217 min read
Without Them
I remember how I used to wait for my mother to feel ready enough to take me back. But I kept waiting, and waiting, and waiting...
0 comments
Mar 17, 20218 min read
Then They Were Gone
I caught him lying about money, women—you name it—and we argued about almost everything. One day, I asked him a simple question only to be
1 comment
Feb 5, 20217 min read
Brighter Days Are Waiting
| This is the 558th story of Our Life Logs® | My name is Felicia, but people call me Foxy because my high cheekbones and dark chocolate...
0 comments
Feb 2, 20217 min read
Never Turn Back
I remember washing my armpits in the sink of the bathroom at work, layering on the deodorant, all while hoping nobody would notice the...
0 comments
Jan 15, 20216 min read
What I Didn't See Before: A COVID-19 Story
As I watched my son get dirt on his clothes and static from the slide in his hair, I realized...
0 comments
Jan 8, 20217 min read
Here’s to My Only Son
| This is the 551st story of Our Life Logs® | The year was 1981. I was fresh out of high school in Las Vegas, Nevada, and I had just...
0 comments
Dec 16, 20208 min read
Through the Storm
That was it. I threw the dish I was holding right into the TV. And then another. Another. I threw every dish at that game until the sink was
0 comments
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.
0 comments
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
0 comments
bottom of page