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...

There were strict rules, which included the expectation to live chaste and obedient lives. Because of these teachings, I grew up thinking...

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...

It was odd to me how my mother married a man who didn’t seem to understand either one of us. Our passion, empathy, and sensitivity...

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...

There are some days that stay in our memory longer than others. They are often the turning points in our journey: when something...

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

My biological father only stayed in the picture for a few months before leaving. Since then, it was like my mother cropped him out...

Have you ever met someone that was such a complement to your soul that meeting them was like discovering a color you had never seen...

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...

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...

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...

Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, or boast, or follow the exact schedule you planned. Love is messy, love is...

Do you ever reflect on a decision you made and realize it unknowingly changed the direction of your entire life? 1950 was that year...

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...

My father left my hometown of Harrison, Arkansas when I was still a baby and never came back to us, and my mother’s on-again-off-again...

Quirky and awkward. That’s how most people saw me in middle school and high school. I was the big kid with clumsiness in his DNA...

Like some girls do, I used to dream of my marriage. On this day, I imagined myself in a white dress, surrounded by the people I love...

My dad was always in my peripheral vision, but as a busy musician, he never really stayed long enough for me or my older sister to get...