There would be many days that I would come home so excited from a great day at work only to be greeted by anger, resentment, and depression.

He looked around and came a bit closer as if all set to reveal a secret. “There are rumors that a few inmates are infected with the virus

As I begin to tell you my story, please know that it is painful. Even so, I wish to do so for all the victims out there so that...

As the baby of the family, I was the apple of everyone’s eye. My dad was a businessperson who worked at a supermarket...

In the year of my birth, 1952, our desolate Texas prairie lured only the wildcatter oil tycoons from the east coast and the hardworking...

My father made little money as a government officer and could not afford to take care of us kids...

Girls married right out of high school at 18 in my neighborhood, like an unspoken tradition. I thought I’d follow the same path...

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...

By Georgia, my parents got divorced. After seeing their marriage decay, I stopped believing in love. I stopped believing that I would be...

The seeds of generosity and good will that my parents instilled in me were certainly part of what sparked my interest in becoming a nurse...

It’s crazy to look back on my life and see that I went from a nun candidate to a mother of five. For years, I wondered why...

When it happened, everyone claimed that the grief would only last a year until I was able to move on, so I consoled myself with this...

Since I was a child, I’ve been an open book and eager to have new experiences. I wanted to “see the world,” and perhaps, find...

My childhood was full of laughter, smiles, and love...I thought back then that nothing could bring me down...

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...

I did not come into a perfectly happy world upon my birth in 1883. My mother had always blamed my father for disappearing into his dirty...

At 100 years old, I’ve roamed the earth longer than many. I watched the Prohibition, Elvis Presley, and over a dozen presidents come and...

. My mom moved us to Detroit, Michigan where she later married her second husband, a man who, unfortunately, would beat her...

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...

I planned to climb out of my castle and ride my white horse to victory. To me, it sounded simple. Unfortunately, no one told me that a...