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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.
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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...
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Sep 7, 20186 min read
To Open the Door
Loud voices painted the walls of my family’s house in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We shared laughter and home-cooked meals at our large...
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Sep 7, 20184 min read
When the Heart Sings
I was a very chubby kid since childhood; I enjoyed food and was very carefree. I loved to dance and sing. I grew up with one sister who...
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Sep 7, 20186 min read
Out of the Puppet Show
I had a very cheerful childhood—at least until I turned four. That was when my parents got divorced.
Studies say that people often don’t...
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Aug 31, 20186 min read
What Was Missing
My mother was still a student when she had me and literally had to take her final exams with me crying my lungs out next to her...
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Aug 30, 20187 min read
A Life of My Own
Remember that episode of The Simpsons when Bart divorces his parents? He moves into a wicked loft-style apartment with what little...
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Aug 29, 20187 min read
A Battle Within Myself
It’s a late night under an inky sky as I walk across campus from the theatre back to my apartment. The chilly night air rustles past me...
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Aug 24, 20188 min read
I Count Myself Lucky
The human spirit is very resilient. We can pick back up when we fail, and fail, and fail. We can find hope when we are still battling...
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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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Aug 23, 20189 min read
Where There Is Happiness
When I close my eyes, I can still see the two sunlit rivers and the wide mountain meadows surrounding our house. I was born on a cold...
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Aug 15, 20187 min read
Now I Know
Life has a funny way of teaching us lessons, right?
For me, it seems like every time I say, “I won’t do this” or “I won’t become that...
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Aug 13, 20188 min read
Beyond the Stigma
As the last born in a family of six siblings, I don’t remember much of my childhood until the death of my father in 1997. When my mother...
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Aug 10, 20187 min read
Transplanted
I was much more scared than I was thrilled when we got the call to come to Jewish hospital where someone was dying of chronic heart...
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Aug 10, 20187 min read
From Love, Life Abounds
September 1, 2017. To many this was just another day; but for me, it was my last day as a “Ms.” The next day, I was going to say “I do...
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Aug 9, 20187 min read
All the Hurt
I grew up with a warped understanding of love and received little attention from my parents. I searched for affection all my life, but...
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Aug 8, 20189 min read
All-American Girl
I was just another “All-American girl,” born to a hard-working single mom of North Philly in the glorious 90s. My weekends were spent...
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Aug 3, 20188 min read
In the Past
My mom was a nurse, and my dad was a realtor in Lekki, Lagos. My dad was strict with me since I was the first born, but my mom had a warm...
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Aug 3, 20187 min read
To Grow Where We Are Planted
It was not by mistake that I was named after my clan, “Nyakach.” My parents must have had great hopes for me when they gave me this name...
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Aug 3, 201817 min read
My Oma Was a Nazi
With politics dividing this country, and “Nazi” being used on both sides of the divide, I often wonder how people can come back together...
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