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Aug 1, 201811 min read
Seeing Beyond the Music
They were highly skilled musicians, but unfortunately, our family was very poor because neither of my parents made much at their teaching...
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Jul 30, 20189 min read
Fighting for a Purpose
I survived 16 years of military life through premonition, an instinctive survival gift that enabled me to make life saving decisions for...
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Jul 27, 20187 min read
My Own Kind of Normal
I was always considered a weird kid, which didn’t sit well with my Jewish parents who desperately wanted everything in life to be “normal..
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Jul 25, 20187 min read
In the Seeking
I had a great childhood full of fun family vacations and playing outside. I mostly hung around with my brothers and their friends, which...
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Jul 25, 20188 min read
All I Ever Knew
I stood outside in the two-acre backyard of my new home in Hesperia, California. The High Desert became the new place I would call home...
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Jul 24, 20186 min read
Speaking Louder
Growing up, we never thought we lacked anything because everyone in the village seemed to have exactly what your family had. If you ate...
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Jul 17, 20186 min read
A Thousand Words
I was the sixth born in a family of nine siblings. Though I was meek, being my mother’s last born offered me the protection I needed...
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Jul 11, 20187 min read
A Helping Heart
If life were to be pre-programmed, it would kill the fun out of every learning situation. It would be better to be born a zombie than...
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Jul 5, 20188 min read
The Art of Living
Living simply has been ingrained in me. I was born in the late 1950s in Danville, Kentucky, and raised by my great-grandmother...
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Jul 3, 20188 min read
Beyond My Mistakes
Each one of us has a story. Mine is a tale of a woman who was able to achieve her dreams because of the people along the way. If others...
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Jun 28, 20189 min read
The Feast of Life
My childhood was spent in the small city of Manizales, Colombia. As the youngest in the family, my parents were quite overprotective...
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Jun 27, 201812 min read
100 Years and Counting
When I tell people I’m 100 years old, their eyes widen like they’re looking at a rare gem. I suppose I am, but I don’t see it that way...
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Jun 22, 20189 min read
After All, We Smile
My family and I lived with my maternal grandparents who were avid travelers. They would take us on trips, big and small, to let us...
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Jun 21, 20186 min read
The Arranged Marriage
My younger brother was very naughty, and while my other siblings and I were in the kitchen, we watched him drink all the coffee and then...
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Jun 20, 20187 min read
On the Backs of Dragons
While working on the farm as a young boy, I had time to daydream. As I milked cows and plucked chickens, I played the “what-if” game with...
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Jun 19, 20187 min read
Finding the American Dream
During this time in the United States, children were free to play outside without much danger. It was a simpler yet happier time, a time...
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Jun 18, 20187 min read
In the Darkest Hour
My early life was not easy because my father was an alcoholic. He would spend more than half of his salary at the local bar drinking...
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Jun 15, 20189 min read
When We Let Go
Before all the construction took over, I would walk up to the hills that weren’t cleared off and breathe in the summer air. You could see...
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Jun 14, 20186 min read
Unplanned Happiness
I wanted to live a better life. I made plans and took action, thinking I could create my own future. But I now realize now that things...
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Jun 13, 20189 min read
Cooper Strong
When I was a little girl, I can remember my dad saying to me, my brother, and my sister: “Your papaw was a good man, and I’ve tried my...
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