To Survive Again: A COVID-19 Story
| This is the 564th story of Our Life Logs® | I was born and raised in Las Vegas in the 1960s as an only child. I had a wonderful...
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Dec 16, 20208 min read
Through the Storm
That was it. I threw the dish I was holding right into the TV. And then another. Another. I threw every dish at that game until the sink was
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
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...
Mar 20, 20207 min read
Pain and Humor
In the year of my birth, 1952, our desolate Texas prairie lured only the wildcatter oil tycoons from the east coast and the hardworking...
Jan 17, 20209 min read
It’s the Baby
Even now I’m still stunned when I think of the way it all went so fantastically to hell in front of my eyes...
Nov 13, 20198 min read
You Can Fly If You Want To
I guess it all started when my father got his big break. During his rookie years, the law firm he was working for had been given...
Nov 1, 201910 min read
You’ll Understand When You’re Older
We would grow up, and things from our childhood would start making sense. But some things are always going to be beyond our comprehension...
Oct 25, 20196 min read
The Reconstruction of My Life
When one of them disappears, it threatens the whole system, and in my case, my entire being. I was forced to rebuild my life and myself...
Sep 18, 20197 min read
Back to the Words
Sometimes, your dream doesn’t line up with how your life is going, and other times, your dream can mold with you...
Aug 19, 20199 min read
From India to Scotland with Love
Traditionally, Indian families want boys, but as they already had a son, my parents welcomed my birth with all their heart...
Jul 25, 20198 min read
Off the Island
They say that life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you. In my life—in chasing my dreams, in fighting to provide...
Jul 23, 20199 min read
Coming back from Rock Bottom
Coming from a conservative town, no one cared to learn why I didn’t have a dad. They just judged my siblings and me for it...
Jul 19, 20196 min read
The Weight of Life
Like every Indian parent, my father valued a well-rounded education and saw it as the key to a better life. He only expected the best...
Jul 17, 20198 min read
Life After the Change
A few months into my first year of college, my mother called my sister and me into her room. From the tone in her voice, anyone could...
Jun 24, 20197 min read
An Innate Survival
Growing up in the 1980s, we spent our days running off with neighborhood friends, only returning home when the hum of the streetlights ...
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...
Feb 20, 20197 min read
The Beginning of the End
Quitting often means you’ve failed at something, but for me, this was like turning over a new leaf. Now, quitting isn’t exactly a habit...
Dec 20, 20186 min read
Leaving the Past Behind
We’d break the rules, then run off and hide in the mango trees until the coast was clear–or so we thought. My mom would wait for us...
Dec 12, 20187 min read
Learning to Live Again
I had dreams, plans, and a strong will to achieve. When that all went out of the window, I was not left with despair. Instead, I was left...
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