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Sep 7, 20184 min read
When the Heart Sings
I was a very chubby kid since childhood; I enjoyed food and was very carefree. I loved to dance and sing. I grew up with one sister who...
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Sep 7, 20186 min read
Out of the Puppet Show
I had a very cheerful childhood—at least until I turned four. That was when my parents got divorced.
Studies say that people often don’t...
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Aug 29, 20187 min read
A Battle Within Myself
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...
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Aug 28, 20188 min read
The Will to Survive
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...
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Aug 28, 20186 min read
A Spirit of Survival
I learned what it meant to survive at a young age. I waited patiently for my father to escape death, and from then on, I was determined...
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Aug 24, 20188 min read
I Count Myself Lucky
The human spirit is very resilient. We can pick back up when we fail, and fail, and fail. We can find hope when we are still battling...
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Aug 24, 20186 min read
Life Expands to Fill in the Gaps
My job was to look after the chickens and then collect and clean their eggs. As a family, we all worked together to keep the farm running...
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Aug 24, 20188 min read
A Reminder to Live
We were a short 10-minute drive away from the bustling capital city of Kuala Lumpur. Our backyard opened to lush green jungle that...
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Aug 23, 20189 min read
Where There Is Happiness
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...
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Aug 17, 20187 min read
It’s Only Beautiful
I used to love watching my mom do her makeup. I remember how my mom would put me in a highchair when I was just about one or two years...
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Aug 13, 20188 min read
Beyond the Stigma
As the last born in a family of six siblings, I don’t remember much of my childhood until the death of my father in 1997. When my mother...
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Aug 9, 20187 min read
All the Hurt
I grew up with a warped understanding of love and received little attention from my parents. I searched for affection all my life, but...
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Aug 8, 20189 min read
All-American Girl
I was just another “All-American girl,” born to a hard-working single mom of North Philly in the glorious 90s. My weekends were spent...
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Aug 1, 201811 min read
Seeing Beyond the Music
They were highly skilled musicians, but unfortunately, our family was very poor because neither of my parents made much at their teaching...
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Aug 1, 20189 min read
Free from the Inside
As the youngest and only girl in my family, I was spoiled a lot and had tons of fun when I was little. I remember coming down the stairs...
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Jul 27, 20187 min read
My Own Kind of Normal
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..
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Jul 25, 20187 min read
In the Seeking
I had a great childhood full of fun family vacations and playing outside. I mostly hung around with my brothers and their friends, which...
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Jul 25, 20188 min read
All I Ever Knew
I stood outside in the two-acre backyard of my new home in Hesperia, California. The High Desert became the new place I would call home...
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Jul 19, 20186 min read
It’s All Good
I’ve always been the type of person that would go out and experience something for myself rather than watch someone else do it...
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Jul 17, 20186 min read
A Thousand Words
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...
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