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Aug 8, 20198 min read
A Beautiful Life Once More
It’s not wrong to believe that life is unfair and difficult. But the thing is, that’s how it is for everyone...
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Aug 6, 20198 min read
First and Foremost, I’m a Mother
Being the fourth of fourteen children, there was little love or food to go around in our household, and from an early age, I wanted out...
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Jul 31, 20198 min read
Up Hill
My family was considered small because it was common in our country for families to have more than four children...
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Jul 25, 20198 min read
Off the Island
They say that life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you. In my life—in chasing my dreams, in fighting to provide...
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Jul 15, 20196 min read
A World of My Own
I grew up watching how hard my father worked to earn bread for us. Because he was a mason, my father spent his days under the hot sun...
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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...
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Jul 5, 20197 min read
Love Prevails
That all changed in the summer of 1941, when the Second World War hit our snowy streets. Slowly, food became a luxury...
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Jun 27, 20197 min read
Love Yourself First
Tim Han, my mentor and savior, taught me that “Our mess is our message.” So, I guess I have a big message because my life has sure been a...
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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..
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Jun 14, 20198 min read
When Memories Come Alive
I thought I had come alive again and walked away from the past that haunts me. But you see, that past, it fastens itself to me...
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Jun 10, 20197 min read
Until We Meet Again
When it happened, everyone claimed that the grief would only last a year until I was able to move on, so I consoled myself with this...
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Jun 6, 20197 min read
To Breathe Once More
As a young girl, my purpose was as fickle as the wind, but my hope was firm. I wanted to be as loved and as encouraging as I knew my dad...
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May 31, 20198 min read
Waiting for Peaceful Skies
A patient of mine, a World War II veteran, sat in front of me on the examination table. I made a note in his health card and suggested...
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May 4, 20197 min read
The Fatalist
Every day, I walk the streets and select a place that is not far off from my walled city of Lahore, Pakistan. I put down a cloth to sit...
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Apr 10, 20196 min read
As the Fog Clears
My childhood was full of laughter, smiles, and love...I thought back then that nothing could bring me down...
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Apr 5, 20197 min read
No More Pain
When my father was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in 2006, I remember an overwhelming feeling of relief. Relief. Who does that?...
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Mar 15, 20196 min read
Claire’s Song
I had good, rowdy mates to play Cricket with and go to raucous Saturday morning kids’ movies with, and I went to a private British school...
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Feb 25, 20198 min read
To Rebuild
I was born in 1987 and grew up in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria with a younger sister and hard-working, loving parents who encouraged me...
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Feb 16, 20198 min read
When We Choose Forgiveness
My parents broke up when I was still little, and my mom remarried soon after. Our home was full of outbursts of rage from my mom who was...
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Feb 15, 20197 min read
A Man’s Redemption
My father owned an ice cream shop a couple blocks from our house. His dream was a colorful candy store but with the blistering heat...
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