They were highly skilled musicians, but unfortunately, our family was very poor because neither of my parents made much at their teaching...

I survived 16 years of military life through premonition, an instinctive survival gift that enabled me to make life saving decisions for...

I was always considered a weird kid, which didn’t sit well with my Jewish parents who desperately wanted everything in life to be “normal..

I had a great childhood full of fun family vacations and playing outside. I mostly hung around with my brothers and their friends, which...

I stood outside in the two-acre backyard of my new home in Hesperia, California. The High Desert became the new place I would call home...

Growing up, we never thought we lacked anything because everyone in the village seemed to have exactly what your family had. If you ate...

I was the sixth born in a family of nine siblings. Though I was meek, being my mother’s last born offered me the protection I needed...

If life were to be pre-programmed, it would kill the fun out of every learning situation. It would be better to be born a zombie than...

Living simply has been ingrained in me. I was born in the late 1950s in Danville, Kentucky, and raised by my great-grandmother...

Each one of us has a story. Mine is a tale of a woman who was able to achieve her dreams because of the people along the way. If others...

My childhood was spent in the small city of Manizales, Colombia. As the youngest in the family, my parents were quite overprotective...

When I tell people I’m 100 years old, their eyes widen like they’re looking at a rare gem. I suppose I am, but I don’t see it that way...

My family and I lived with my maternal grandparents who were avid travelers. They would take us on trips, big and small, to let us...

My younger brother was very naughty, and while my other siblings and I were in the kitchen, we watched him drink all the coffee and then...

While working on the farm as a young boy, I had time to daydream. As I milked cows and plucked chickens, I played the “what-if” game with...

During this time in the United States, children were free to play outside without much danger. It was a simpler yet happier time, a time...

My early life was not easy because my father was an alcoholic. He would spend more than half of his salary at the local bar drinking...

Before all the construction took over, I would walk up to the hills that weren’t cleared off and breathe in the summer air. You could see...

I wanted to live a better life. I made plans and took action, thinking I could create my own future. But I now realize now that things...

When I was a little girl, I can remember my dad saying to me, my brother, and my sister: “Your papaw was a good man, and I’ve tried my...