I always looked up to him, though I must admit I played the part of an annoying little sister perfectly. He teased me mercilessly—not...

As with everything in life, we plan ahead, and things appear to be completely fail-safe. But sometimes the unexpected happens, and it...

My parents were not rich, but we had enough to go around. My dad was a businessman, and my mom taught at a primary school. In the absence...

My dad worked at IBM as a programmer and was a protective, caring, and loving man. My mom was a professional pianist and the choir...

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

As a boy, I was enamored by my father’s sharp business suits and his title of a lawyer. While I looked up to him, I did so at a distance...

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...

These were the questions of a nine-year-old boy, the eldest child in the home, unaware of the coming hardships he might have to face...

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...

Before all the construction took over, I would walk up to the hills that weren’t cleared off and breathe in the summer air. You could see...

When I was a little girl, I can remember my dad saying to me, my brother, and my sister: “Your papaw was a good man, and I’ve tried my...

It’s hard to close the doors to the past. Though sometimes, it is necessary to move on, because that closed door often opens another...

In my early 20s, I lost a big part of myself. The person who I used to be was being smothered by grief and guilt. The things I once...

I grew up thinking I was disposable. Throughout my childhood, I was passed around to several houses until my mother decided to take me...

Though I’m only about 24 years old, I’ve experienced the bitterness and sweetness of life. Throughout my journey, I had moments when I...

I’ve experienced many cracks in the road of my life, but I continue driving. Some of the cracks turned out to be deep potholes that...

| This is the 40th story of Our Life Logs | I was fortunate to be raised by the gentlest and kindest woman I’ve ever known. I was an only...

Growing up in the dusty countryside of Kenya was fun and typical for girls of my age in the early 1990s. Life was blissful. Sometimes I...

My life was never perfect. I went through some obstacles that would normally scar a child. I experienced losses in my family that pushed...