I grew up making mud pies and racing as fast as my little legs could take me on my metal-footed pedal car. That’s what my early life...

When my father was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in 2006, I remember an overwhelming feeling of relief. Relief. Who does that?...

Even when he did seemingly nice things like drop us off at church, he was really only doing it because it was on the way to a bar...

I had good, rowdy mates to play Cricket with and go to raucous Saturday morning kids’ movies with, and I went to a private British school...

But even so, my existence was not enough to save her beautiful soul. To know my story, you must know my mother’s first...

I was born in 1987 and grew up in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria with a younger sister and hard-working, loving parents who encouraged me...

My parents broke up when I was still little, and my mom remarried soon after. Our home was full of outbursts of rage from my mom who was...

My father owned an ice cream shop a couple blocks from our house. His dream was a colorful candy store but with the blistering heat...

My mother is a housewife and my father owns a grocery store. When I hear my parents talk about money, it does not seem stressful, so I...

But that all changed in the middle of my second year when I had a diabetic onset. The onset, itself, wasn’t too traumatic, seeing as how...

I grew up feeling like an only child, as my siblings were much older. My relationship with my siblings was good, but I didn’t see them...

One of the things I loved about my family was while there was lots of work, we always made time for leisure. Our weekends were full...

In 2008, my whole world imploded. Everything I thought was supposed to take place in my life, bar the details, was blown to smithereens...

I grew up in Arkansas in the 1970s, always searching for someone to love me like a father. My own passed away when I was just six months...

I believe that an underrated statement is when people say the “mid-life crisis” can change your existence. I should know. Earlier this...

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 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...

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...