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...
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- 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 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...
- Jul 10, 2021
- 8 min
Summer in Tennessee: A COVID-19 Story
| This is the 582nd story of Our Life Logs® | One year ago, I never would have imagined sitting in a quiet log home, 30 miles north of...
- Jun 12, 2021
- 8 min
Without a Farewell: A COVID-19 Story
Unable to raise himself or reach his cell, he lay on the floor for hours before his son came home to find him. I wish he could have...
- Mar 31, 2021
- 8 min
The Fire of a Child
| This is the 568th story of Our Life Logs® | I was always a curious child. Wandering around, always wanting to know more and to be more....
- Mar 24, 2021
- 7 min
To the Class of 2020: A COVID-19 Story
Most people think of their high school graduation as a marker in life, the moment you worked for years to accomplish. It’s the moment...
- Mar 3, 2021
- 5 min
To Survive Again: A COVID-19 Story
| This is the 564th story of Our Life Logs® | I was born and raised in Las Vegas in the 1960s as an only child. I had a wonderful...
- Feb 12, 2021
- 6 min
Taking the Good with the Bad: A COVID-19 Story
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.
- Feb 9, 2021
- 6 min
My Brother, Valentin
Originally, my parents planned on filing for citizenship when they had the money. But, that’s the problem with raising four kids...
- Feb 5, 2021
- 7 min
Brighter Days Are Waiting
| This is the 558th story of Our Life Logs® | My name is Felicia, but people call me Foxy because my high cheekbones and dark chocolate...
- Feb 2, 2021
- 7 min
Never Turn Back
I remember washing my armpits in the sink of the bathroom at work, layering on the deodorant, all while hoping nobody would notice the...
- Jan 27, 2021
- 9 min
A Non-Cinematic Apocalypse: A COVID-19 Essay
| This is the 556th story of Our Life Logs® | My name is Mark Taylor. A bit about myself: I’m 23 years old, I was born in Concord...
- Jan 22, 2021
- 7 min
The Storm That Cleared My Path: A COVID-19 Story
| This is the 555th story of Our Life Logs® | Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some clear your path. My path began 40 years ago....
- Jan 18, 2021
- 9 min
Day by Day: A COVID-19 Story
Day 2: November 19, 2020
We checked into the emergency room at our local hospital. They ran all kinds of tests to make sure her oxygen...
- Jan 15, 2021
- 6 min
What I Didn't See Before: A COVID-19 Story
As I watched my son get dirt on his clothes and static from the slide in his hair, I realized...
- Jan 11, 2021
- 8 min
Another New Normal
| This is the 552nd story of Our Life Logs® | As people, we like to believe that there’s something called “normalcy,” normalcy referring...
- Dec 7, 2020
- 9 min
Virtue Above All Else
With a straight face my mother replied, “It would have been better if you had let me die.”
- Nov 9, 2020
- 7 min
In the Suffering: A COVID-19 Story
And for a month, my heart was as empty as my home. I locked myself in my room and stared at the wall, wondering if, within the details