A Wandering Jew
“But why?”
This became the epitome of my childhood and the main source of migraines for my parents...
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Jan 10, 20208 min read
A Refugee No More
My father was a Kashmiri Pandit, a Hindu in a Muslim-dominated area. But in those days, it was no real threat other than...
Dec 20, 20197 min read
What We Choose
Despite our town’s lack of resources, my father always tried to provide us with the best of every opportunity, and my mother supported him..
Aug 16, 20197 min read
Where Do We Go?
I had what should have been an idyllic childhood, playing on the beaches and forests that surrounded our home...
Aug 13, 20198 min read
To Witness Something Greater
Although my parents worked very hard, we were a poor family. We often didn’t have the money for heating in the winter...
Jul 12, 20197 min read
What I Was Looking For
I was born...in Bulgaria to immigrant parents...I was the oldest daughter, with a Turkish father who was a Muslim and a Jewish mother...
Jul 2, 20197 min read
A Journey to Inner Peace
My entire family practiced Buddhism. For every holy day, one would see us together in the local temple...
Jun 21, 20197 min read
The Quest Lives On
It’s crazy to look back on my life and see that I went from a nun candidate to a mother of five. For years, I wondered why...
Jun 20, 20196 min read
True Ecstasy
Did you get a good look at me? Yes? Look closer. You will see how I carry a laugh in each wrinkle and a song in each one of my beard hairs..
Jun 3, 20197 min read
No Longer Empty
When I was six years old, I sat in a chair and pretended to nurse my dolls. I was very conscientious with them as I cared for their...
Apr 25, 20197 min read
The Nature of Love
I was born into a conservative Christian family in Nigeria in 1991 as the fifth born of six kids. Our days were happy, but strict...
Apr 23, 20197 min read
Always Beginning
I believe that all experiences in life are the stepping stones that eventually lead to one’s truth. And so, I would like to share my...
Apr 16, 20197 min read
Ghosts of Ireland
I am a doubter, a pessimist by nature, who can drain any half-full glass in a single gulp or scrub any silver lining out of existence...
Apr 8, 20198 min read
The Great Escape
I do not want to drag you into historical facts. I want to tell you about the adventures of a boy who cheated death.
So, let me take you...
Mar 11, 20197 min read
If It Is Meant to Be
Sometimes our plans are not “our” plans. Life has a funny way of showing you that. Buckle up, because you’re in for a wild story...
Mar 1, 20198 min read
From the Mud
But even so, my existence was not enough to save her beautiful soul. To know my story, you must know my mother’s first...
Jan 24, 20198 min read
The Wound Is Where the Light Comes In
Being the granddaughter of a famed, yet tormented writer is both a blessing and a curse. My grandmother and the other women in my line...
Jan 2, 20196 min read
Reckless Love
Jewish families (like my own) lined the streets of my neighborhood, the next neighborhood, and so on. My parents, two older brothers...
Nov 23, 20187 min read
Where There Is Healing
But as it goes, an unrest seemed to clench my heart, and being so young, I did not know what that feeling even was or why these answers...
Nov 21, 20187 min read
Where My Heart Resides
While my work has brought peace to my soul and the wonderful feeling of helping others has always been present, much of my career was...
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