For 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...
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- Dec 24, 2021
- 8 min
Pandemic 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, 2021
- 9 min
Hold Fast to Dreams
The 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, 2021
- 9 min
The 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, 2021
- 7 min
Scattered 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, 2021
- 8 min
Fear 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, 2021
- 8 min
The 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, 2021
- 6 min
Something True: A COVID-19 Story
After 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, 2021
- 8 min
A 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, 2021
- 8 min
The Grand Bazaar
She 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, 2021
- 8 min
It’s in the Words We Give
After 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, 2021
- 12 min
A New Familiar
By 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, 2021
- 7 min
The Chords Always Do
rom 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, 2021
- 10 min
The Lyrics That Opened the Door
So, 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 23, 2021
- 9 min
A Dream in Time
Coming from a Nigerian American background, Marve didn’t pursue his true passion at first out of an obligation to meet expectations. However
- Sep 17, 2021
- 7 min
The 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, 2021
- 7 min
Remember Me With a Smile
I 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, 2021
- 8 min
The 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, 2021
- 9 min
What You Come to See Behind Bars
I 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, 2021
- 8 min
Seeing 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...
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