Aug 7, 20217 minEach Time We FallI thought my father was sending me off to the city with my uncle to study. I didn’t fully grasp that I was sold until I was about 15 years..
Dec 7, 20209 minVirtue Above All ElseWith a straight face my mother replied, “It would have been better if you had let me die.”
May 7, 20207 minA Matter of Life and Death and LimbI’m an athlete through and through, model year 1983...I was someone always in motion... But what happens when that motion is tested...
Mar 25, 20208 minEven When the Waves Crash, the Mountain StandsWhen looking back at those days, I marvel at how far I have come. Maybe it was luck. Maybe it was desperation. Maybe I will never find out..
Dec 21, 20199 minStronger Than the TigerOur village was surrounded by the forest on all sides, but those were not forests children could play in, because there were tigers...
Oct 18, 20197 minA Desert Rat’s Tale of SurvivalI was born into what became a large family of eleven children. As I was one of the oldest, I had new siblings on an almost yearly basis...
Oct 11, 20198 minFighting FreeMaybe it would have been a lot different if life had stayed peaceful and carefree like when I first came into this world...
Oct 9, 20197 minMemories of a MinesweeperI can still remember the smell of the city streets before there were cars. Trams and horse-drawn carts trundled past...
Sep 12, 20195 minA Deep BreathThat’s when she married my stepfather who served in the US Military. Because of his job, we moved to the US...
Sep 9, 20197 minTo Begin in New DelhiUnfortunately, the north also houses some of the poorest and least privileged of the country. Labor can be as easily bought and sold...
Aug 28, 20198 minI Love This Life Because You Are in ItThey say that daughters are a blessing, but that was not my reality. You see...for years, I blamed myself for my mother’s death...
Aug 17, 20198 minA Long Walk from YesterdayIn fact, I was 16th in the rankings, including my father’s children from his two older wives, who each had six children before...
Aug 15, 20199 minThe Sound of HopeThat year, there was a massacre in an eastern village. Nearly 600 were killed with sprays of bullets and machetes...
Jul 10, 20198 minIt’s All in the NumbersI was the son of a working mom from the Midwest and a devoted dad that had immigrated to the US from Mexico at an early age...
Jul 8, 20197 minWhen You’re DeterminedWe were not rich, but we lived a happy and comfortable life. I saw the world through their eyes and everything seemed wonderfully...
May 24, 20197 minThe Lamb Was Sure to GoI once met a woman named Mary, and Mary was quite contrary. She loved planting and making things grow. We met in LA, and ever since...
Apr 8, 20198 minThe Great EscapeI do not want to drag you into historical facts. I want to tell you about the adventures of a boy who cheated death. So, let me take you...
Mar 22, 20197 minAs I Looked into the Eyes of My True LoveI 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...
Jan 7, 20197 minMy Life Is Not a TragedyThe sun flowing through the crack of the window was not able to warm up the icy cold that was invading me at every thought of my future...
Dec 8, 20187 minTilling a New PathMy mother took the highway and never looked back, not even at me! My father was left to care for me alone and since he lacked childcare...