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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 7, 20197 min read
A Life Full of Colors
I have lived a life of colors, starting with mostly dark shades until I finally reached the bright hues I’m in today...
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May 18, 20196 min read
All the Adventure
From an early age, I showed an interest in becoming a police officer, or rather, I became interested in adventure and excitement...
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May 9, 20196 min read
An Ocean Apart
Since I was a child, I’ve been an open book and eager to have new experiences. I wanted to “see the world,” and perhaps, find...
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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 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...
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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...
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Apr 1, 20197 min read
Forgiving Myself
Even when he did seemingly nice things like drop us off at church, he was really only doing it because it was on the way to a bar...
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Mar 29, 20197 min read
Ever After
I grew up in Taiwan, South Korea, and Hawaii, floating back and forth between the three places to see my father who was an influential...
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Mar 27, 20197 min read
You Have to Startup Somewhere
My young whirring mind was as sharp as a whetstone, always looking to gain more knowledge. I was fascinated by how things worked...
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Mar 26, 20197 min read
Surrounded by Fear
My health anxiety, the irrational fear of being or becoming ill, leads me to manifest symptoms of sicknesses I’m afraid of catching...
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Mar 22, 20197 min read
As I Looked into the Eyes of My True Love
I did not come into a perfectly happy world upon my birth in 1883. My mother had always blamed my father for disappearing into his dirty...
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Mar 19, 20198 min read
The Recovering Serial Monogamist
It was odd to me how my mother married a man who didn’t seem to understand either one of us. Our passion, empathy, and sensitivity...
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Mar 13, 20196 min read
Cop or Criminal
With so little to do, teenagers hung out and partied in the barns. Life in our community was slow—with the exception of the one...
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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...
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Mar 7, 20197 min read
Survival Is Only the Beginning
There are some days that stay in our memory longer than others. They are often the turning points in our journey: when something...
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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 14, 20197 min read
Love Perseveres
Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, or boast, or follow the exact schedule you planned. Love is messy, love is...
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Feb 11, 20197 min read
The Last Time
Lying in a steaming bath-tub, water lapped against my naked body. The pressure of the clear liquid surrounding me made the bruises on my...
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