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...
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- Apr 8, 2020
- 8 min
Galloping Through the Darkness
Isn’t it funny how we always stick a label on ourselves? From where we were born to what we do, somehow we always manage to tie a label...
- Feb 3, 2020
- 10 min
The Memories We Pass On
Each time we visited the hospital with the fear that this would be the time, the moment life would leave my father...
- Jan 27, 2020
- 8 min
No, Depression Can’t Have Me
Growing up in a very strict Christian family, I was expected to settle down and start a family. As I waited for Mr. Right...
- Jan 22, 2020
- 8 min
I Am Not Weak
I’ve often wondered what drove me to have those wicked thoughts of wanting to commit suicide. Did I, in fact, have a mental illness?...
- Jan 17, 2020
- 9 min
It’s the Baby
Even now I’m still stunned when I think of the way it all went so fantastically to hell in front of my eyes...
- Jan 9, 2020
- 8 min
An Invisible War
You never think it’s going to be you until it is. And then it is...
- Jan 6, 2020
- 7 min
When the Truth Came to Be
To me, my father, my so-called “hero,” single-handedly ruined my life and my family, all over a personal dispute...
- Dec 31, 2019
- 8 min
Facing Down Demons
15 miles over in the town of Chilhowie. This is the place I consider my childhood home and where my story truly began...
- Dec 3, 2019
- 6 min
Feathers of a Wing
They say that an angel’s wings are made up of the troubles of the souls they protect...
- Oct 23, 2019
- 7 min
Even in the Darkest Moments
Growing up, I’ve noticed that many people, especially men, think they are entitled to a lot from a woman. They think they have the right...
- Sep 28, 2019
- 10 min
I Came Back to Tell You to Fight
I was a very reclusive child and a runaway kid. There was already so much going on inside my head and I couldn’t handle the overload...
- Aug 27, 2019
- 7 min
At 0,000 KM
As one of my favorite poems says, “Thursday’s child has far to go.” I was destined to go afar...
- Aug 12, 2019
- 7 min
The Choice to Live
At the time, my father was unemployed and my mother was the teen-mom stereotype. They were already burdened with a daughter before me...
- Aug 10, 2019
- 8 min
To Smile Is to Heal
My mom had five children to two different men, and I was the second. We were all girls and close in age...
- Jun 29, 2019
- 7 min
Every Scar Is a Battle I’ve Won
My new parents were loving, good-hearted people who tried to adopt children with special needs who otherwise might not get the care they...
- Jun 22, 2019
- 7 min
The Lonesome Battle
I had an eventful and adventure-filled childhood because I was a wild kid. I always found myself in trouble with just about everyone...
- Jun 14, 2019
- 6 min
Lonely Is Not Forever
When I was young, my parents moved to Minnesota, to a town of 600 people. So, from the start, I was raised a bit separate from society...
- Jun 11, 2019
- 7 min
When the Sky Is Gray
I had a good early childhood...However, happiness is easy to be interrupted. All that changed when I started secondary school...
- Jun 5, 2019
- 7 min
As Crazy as It Was
I can’t remember a time my parents got along. I don’t remember laughing around a kitchen table or a single family-film night...
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