Jan 216 minFor My People| This is the 607th story of Our Life Logs® | My name is Benigno Pérez Sahuarare and I was born in 1994. I’m from the Okosatere community...
Dec 24, 20218 minPandemic Baby Blues| This is the 606th story of Our Life Logs® | Life doesn’t come with a manual, but if it did, I know it would say this: No matter how the...
Dec 17, 20219 minHold Fast to DreamsThe thing I remind myself is something on the back cover of Pushover: No one likes to think they are a pushover until they are over being...
Dec 10, 20219 minThe Leap| This is the 604th story of Our Life Logs® | I am 17. Poised like a cliff diver at the edge of the precipice. Steeling myself to make...
Dec 3, 20217 minScattered Thunderstorms: A Pandemic Love Story| This is the 603rd story of Our Life Logs® | There’s a storm today Maybe not over you But eventually, rain gets bored of elsewhere it...
Nov 26, 20218 minFear Doesn't Last Forever| This is the 602nd story of Our Life Logs® | “Ma’am, you have been ordered to come with us.” That was what was said to me on one of the...
Nov 19, 20218 minThe Sun Will Always Rise: Pregnancy in the Pandemic| This is the 601st story of Our Life Logs® | Do not hold your breath when life is kind. Do not perish when life is painful. The wheel...
Nov 12, 20216 minSomething True: A COVID-19 StoryAfter a few days, I wasn’t getting better and messages from friends stopped coming. They started to avoid me. I was a burden...
Nov 5, 20218 minA Sharecropper's Daughter| This is the 599th story of Our Life Logs® | For as long as I can remember, I lived and worked on the Corbin Plantation in Lambert,...
Oct 29, 20218 minThe Grand BazaarShe was forced out of her haveli in India and sent to Pakistan. With nothing to her name and a need to make money, she became a prostitute..
Oct 22, 20218 minIt’s in the Words We GiveAfter that day, I struggled to make sense of why that happened and what I’d just seen. My whole world had changed. If you chose to fight...
Oct 15, 202112 minA New FamiliarBy the time I moved on to middle school, I had created a different mask for every environment I was thrown into. It was easier to fit in...
Oct 8, 20217 minThe Chords Always Dorom the day he taught me the basic chords, I was hooked, and I picked it up really well. My thirst to learn everything there was to know...
Oct 1, 202110 minThe Lyrics That Opened the DoorSo, when my family would get on me about my grades, I’d say something like, “I’m a musician. The highest I gotta count to is 4.”
Sep 24, 20219 minA Dream in TimeComing from a Nigerian American background, Marve didn’t pursue his true passion at first out of an obligation to meet expectations. However
Sep 17, 20217 minThe Cycle Ends Here“What’s wrong mom?” I asked. She ignored my question and continued to look ahead. Eventually we came upon a large building..
Sep 10, 20217 minRemember Me With a SmileI went out of the shop to get something while two workers remained inside to cater to customers. It was my fault to have left the heater on.
Sep 3, 20218 minThe Guitar in the Attic| This is the 590th story of Our Life Logs® | I was born in a difficult time for my country, but I didn't know it then. I grew up in a...
Aug 27, 20219 minWhat You Come to See Behind BarsI was almost 19 when I was placed behind bars with quite literally no light in sight. From what I’d seen in media, I expected...
Aug 21, 20218 minSeeing Blind“Hi, I’m Alicia Owens, and I’m legally blind.” Of course, that’s not the only thing that defines who I am. I was born and raised...