It’s a late night under an inky sky as I walk across campus from the theatre back to my apartment. The chilly night air rustles past me...

When I close my eyes, I can still see the two sunlit rivers and the wide mountain meadows surrounding our house. I was born on a cold...

September 1, 2017. To many this was just another day; but for me, it was my last day as a “Ms.” The next day, I was going to say “I do...

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..

I had a great childhood full of fun family vacations and playing outside. I mostly hung around with my brothers and their friends, which...

Growing up, we never thought we lacked anything because everyone in the village seemed to have exactly what your family had. If you ate...

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...

I’m a native New Yorker of the Upper East Side, born in January of 1956. My parents gave me a lot of freedom, and I took advantage...

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...

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...

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...

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...

There were seven of us children in the family, and I was the fifth one. The life of our parents was one of compassion and giving...

After my parents divorced four years after my birth, I was raised by my paternal grandparents on their farm. At times, I had a trying...

I was born in Bryan, Ohio in September of 1993, arriving a year after the death of my older brother, who had been born with heart defects...

My father worked three jobs at one point, so my mother could stay home with my big sister, little brother, and me. Though my sister is...

Dad was in the Airforce, and we got posted to Hobsonville Airforce Auckland in 1973. Growing up in the Airforce community was fun...

I had an easy upbringing. My father was a school teacher, and my mother a housewife. Our family was close-knit, and we all supported each...

We lived in a tiny, one-bedroom abode, because my father did not make much money being a school teacher. He was often innovative, once...

My life can be best compared to a Lifetime movie. When I tell people about my upbringing, it’s unbelievable to them, but it happened...