I was the fastest boy at Whittier Woods Elementary School. When it was time for the races for the Presidential Physical Fitness awards...

I could have easily had a very normal life, had a 9-to-5 job, live paycheck-to-paycheck, and dream of big things without acting...

We were not rich, but we lived a happy and comfortable life. I saw the world through their eyes and everything seemed wonderfully...

I’m not proud of how I reached popularity in college, but the statue of limitations has since passed, so it is what it is at this point...

My young whirring mind was as sharp as a whetstone, always looking to gain more knowledge. I was fascinated by how things worked...

My mother took the highway and never looked back, not even at me! My father was left to care for me alone and since he lacked childcare...

Nothing is as exhilarating as feeling the wind against your face on a speeding motorbike. It’s a power only the rider controls. I thought...

“I’m kicking you out. Come get your stuff.” I was 16 when I read this devastating text from my stepfather. No money. No job. And now ...

My mother used to say that struggle is a person’s middle name. People are always struggling, if not physically then for sure mentally...

What I know for sure is that every soul on this earth needs an escape, an outlet, a safe harbor in which to lose themselves and, ideally...

I was the eldest child in my family. We went on a long sea voyage to Malaya, a then-British colony in Southeast Asia. My parents settled...

I was the sixth born in a family of nine siblings. Though I was meek, being my mother’s last born offered me the protection I needed...

If life were to be pre-programmed, it would kill the fun out of every learning situation. It would be better to be born a zombie than...

Living simply has been ingrained in me. I was born in the late 1950s in Danville, Kentucky, and raised by my great-grandmother...

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...

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...

| This is the 39th story of Our Life Logs | “The very fact that you have a desire or a dream means that you have the corresponding...