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.
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.
Jun 5, 20208 min read
On Shaken Ground
I even felt my dad betrayed me. Why did he even bother to sit and draw with me if this is what would happen in the end?
Mar 18, 20208 min read
No, Really, Can You Run in Those?
I was the fastest boy at Whittier Woods Elementary School. When it was time for the races for the Presidential Physical Fitness awards...
Mar 17, 20206 min read
The Girl Who Fought Her Own Battle
I remember the fear in my mother’s eyes...I remember the pounding of my heart. It was the first night my father came home drunk...
Mar 6, 20208 min read
To Explain the Universe
If uninterrupted, I could talk to you about optics (which is the study of light and its properties) for the rest of my life...
Feb 26, 20207 min read
A New Way to Lead
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...
Dec 6, 20198 min read
Debora Niwa, Wife of the Elephants
...As a child, I spent most of my time outside. The more time I spent in it, the closer I grew to it, and my love reached further...
Nov 20, 20199 min read
Behind Every Dark Cloud
My father was a police officer, and my mother ran a small shop. My life started out normal...
Oct 28, 20197 min read
I Feel My Roots
My city, Karachi, is simply magical. It’s one of the largest, most populated cities in the world and it is the economic hub of Pakistan...
Oct 17, 20197 min read
To Find Happiness
What makes a happy life? Wealth? Success? Passion? For many years, I tried to figure out how to be happy. Turns out...
Oct 8, 20198 min read
Once a Passive Passenger
I shouldn’t have taken all those pills, I didn’t want to die. I needed to get to a phone to call 911, but it was so hard to move...
Jun 12, 20198 min read
It Starts After the Fall
I fell on my face so many times I lost count, but the thing that made my life different was that I refused to stay down...
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...
Dec 28, 20188 min read
Forever
Times in the southern US during the 1940s and 1950s were trying ones, indeed. We were poor. I guess you could say “dirt poor.” I remember...
Dec 21, 20187 min read
Beyond Our Beginnings
However, one piece was always missing: my mother. She committed suicide when I was just eight months old, so everything I know about...
Dec 10, 20189 min read
Each and Every Journey
My parents—my father especially—were very liberal for the society in which we lived. A retired army officer, my father was well-educated...
Nov 16, 20186 min read
A Life That Is Worthy
When I was a child, I would walk the streets of Lahore, Pakistan, while staring at the dusty pavement below. I did not want to look...
Nov 14, 20187 min read
A Climbing Spirit
“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 ...
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