I wish I left at that moment, but I didn’t. I was young, dumb, and in love. It went downhill from that point on...

I was just a teenager watching my mother grow weak. And when she was gone, my father was not the type to take over her caring spirit. He was

My dad and brother worked on our farm while my mom owned and operated the local grocery store. Our house was attached to the store...

Life can be tricky; it’s like teetering along the edge of a cliff. One setback can land you on the streets...

I lay in the hospital bed, pain racking my body as chemicals and super-science ran through my blood...

It was a beautiful, crisp, clear morning. My only regret was that my dad wasn’t by my side as he should have been...

My entire family practiced Buddhism. For every holy day, one would see us together in the local temple...

As a young girl, my purpose was as fickle as the wind, but my hope was firm. I wanted to be as loved and as encouraging as I knew my dad...

That was, until my life took a nightmarish turn after I was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of seven...

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

All the while, I felt a sense of urgency to get a medical degree. I knew that I could try and make a difference in the lives of those...

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

When I head out to my daily walk in the park, I like to remind myself of the poems I love the most, many of which I know by heart...

I grew up in a very close-knit family in Kisumu, Kenya. We were like a big team because we knew we could always rely on each other...

I learned what it meant to survive at a young age. I waited patiently for my father to escape death, and from then on, I was determined...

My oldest sister Katherine died after just 36 hours of life, and my next sister, Cathy, was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at two years...

I’m a native New Yorker of the Upper East Side, born in January of 1956. My parents gave me a lot of freedom, and I took advantage...

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...

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...