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...
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...
Dec 11, 20199 min read
Life Is Never Promised
Life can be tricky; it’s like teetering along the edge of a cliff. One setback can land you on the streets...
Nov 27, 20199 min read
Forward Is the Only Direction
Those early years were rough on my mother as she was battling demons in the early stages of her alcoholism and drug addiction...
Nov 26, 20198 min read
The Great Betrayal
For as long as I can remember, it was always a constant battle for survival...hunger was our close friend...
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...
Nov 11, 20199 min read
Yes, I Do
...They also showed me the harsh reality of life and death. Knowing that one day we’d be here and the next we’d not always terrified me...
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...
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...
Oct 15, 20199 min read
There Is Life After Opioids
Good, no one had robbed me of my pain pills. I pulled out my trusty relievers and tossed a handful back. I could be without a home...
Sep 6, 20197 min read
What Is Praiseworthy
For the first few years of my life, all my immediate family lived in a low-income, one-roomed apartment in the city within a close-knit...
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...
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...
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...
Aug 26, 20198 min read
To the Absent Friend
I went to public school until my first year of middle school, and after that, I left and went to school on an army base...
Aug 22, 20198 min read
Bed of Thorns
A bunch of wildflowers left my hands and dropped upon his grave. It was clear that the goodbyes were final. I was burying my husband...
Aug 21, 20199 min read
A Dream for the Both of Us
It was a beautiful, crisp, clear morning. My only regret was that my dad wasn’t by my side as he should have been...
Aug 17, 20198 min read
A Long Walk from Yesterday
In fact, I was 16th in the rankings, including my father’s children from his two older wives, who each had six children before...
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...
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