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Mar 10, 20218 min read
A True Fighter
| This is the 565th story of Our Life Logs® | My story begins amid sad circumstances in the 1960s. My parents were both born in India and...
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Dec 7, 20209 min read
Virtue Above All Else
With a straight face my mother replied, “It would have been better if you had let me die.”
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Nov 9, 20207 min read
In the Suffering: A COVID-19 Story
And for a month, my heart was as empty as my home. I locked myself in my room and stared at the wall, wondering if, within the details
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Oct 30, 20207 min read
Holding onto Hope: A COVID-19 Story
| This is the 544th story of Our Life Logs® | I don’t know if my story even matters, one of an illiterate woman from the slums of...
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Oct 21, 20207 min read
Secrets from the Grave
As we gathered up belongings we could fit in our hands, we sulked out the door, knowing that life was never going to be the same after this.
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Oct 16, 20207 min read
A Tale of Survival: A COVID-19 Story
We spoke with my father on the phone right before he was put on a ventilator. My heart broke as I apologized to him that I couldn’t take
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Oct 12, 20206 min read
We Shall Reunite: A COVID-19 Story
| This is the 540th story of Our Life Logs® | I used to always believe that everything happens for a good reason and that you have...
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Sep 30, 20206 min read
What Truly Matters: A COVID-19 Story
One morning, my wife and daughter woke up feeling feverish. I thought it was a common cold or some infection at first, but days passed
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Sep 18, 20207 min read
Through Darkness
For years, I had worked day and night for my sons to get the education they needed so that they could get away from their abusive father
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Aug 4, 20208 min read
Hope Remains: A COVID-19 Story
He looked around and came a bit closer as if all set to reveal a secret.
“There are rumors that a few inmates are infected with the virus
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Jul 30, 20207 min read
To Have a Fighting Spirit: A COVID-19 Story
“You can only meet him on one condition,” He replied. “You never show your face around us ever again.” My heart stopped. I couldn’t believe
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Jul 28, 20205 min read
True Heroes: A COVID-19 Story
My father used to tell us that a person who gets put on a ventilator seldom survives. And that was the miserable fate my father met.
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Jul 21, 20206 min read
Give and Take: A COVID-19 Story
Her condition was so serious that they had to put her on a ventilator. We all prayed for her day and night, but she wasn’t improving.
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Jun 19, 20206 min read
One Day: A COVID-19 Story
Coming from an area where many are illiterate, we had no idea what the virus truly was or how deadly it was. All we knew was that it was
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May 29, 20209 min read
When There Is a Will: A COVID-19 Story
Have you ever seen a potter while he’s at work? The exposure to the right intensity of heat for the perfect amount of time turns...
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Apr 17, 20207 min read
Trapped in Gray Skies: A COVID-19 Story
Life is unpredictable. People understand that now more than ever. But we also know that every situation occurs for a reason...
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Apr 10, 20208 min read
What I’m About to Tell You
As I begin to tell you my story, please know that it is painful. Even so, I wish to do so for all the victims out there so that...
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Apr 1, 20208 min read
The Choice You Made
My family was not too poor, but we most certainly weren’t rich. We lived in a joint home with my uncles who were illiterate farmers...
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Mar 30, 20207 min read
I Look to You, Dear Daughter
As the baby of the family, I was the apple of everyone’s eye. My dad was a businessperson who worked at a supermarket...
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Mar 27, 20207 min read
What Will You Give for This Life?
The hall reverberated with the sound of applause as my name was called and I strolled to the podium. The space was teeming...
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