To Have a Fighting Spirit: A COVID-19 Story
“You can only meet him on one condition,” He replied. “You never show your face around us ever again.” My heart stopped. I couldn’t believe
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- Jul 28, 2020
- 5 min
True Heroes: A COVID-19 Story
My father used to tell us that a person who gets put on a ventilator seldom survives. And that was the miserable fate my father met.
- Jul 21, 2020
- 6 min
Give and Take: A COVID-19 Story
Her condition was so serious that they had to put her on a ventilator. We all prayed for her day and night, but she wasn’t improving.
- Jun 5, 2020
- 8 min
On Shaken Ground
I even felt my dad betrayed me. Why did he even bother to sit and draw with me if this is what would happen in the end?
- Mar 18, 2020
- 8 min
No, Really, Can You Run in Those?
I was the fastest boy at Whittier Woods Elementary School. When it was time for the races for the Presidential Physical Fitness awards...
- Mar 17, 2020
- 6 min
The Girl Who Fought Her Own Battle
I remember the fear in my mother’s eyes...I remember the pounding of my heart. It was the first night my father came home drunk...
- Mar 6, 2020
- 8 min
To Explain the Universe
If uninterrupted, I could talk to you about optics (which is the study of light and its properties) for the rest of my life...
- Feb 26, 2020
- 7 min
A New Way to Lead
I could have easily had a very normal life, had a 9-to-5 job, live paycheck-to-paycheck, and dream of big things without acting...
- Dec 6, 2019
- 8 min
Debora Niwa, Wife of the Elephants
...As a child, I spent most of my time outside. The more time I spent in it, the closer I grew to it, and my love reached further...
- Nov 20, 2019
- 9 min
Behind Every Dark Cloud
My father was a police officer, and my mother ran a small shop. My life started out normal...
- Oct 28, 2019
- 7 min
I Feel My Roots
My city, Karachi, is simply magical. It’s one of the largest, most populated cities in the world and it is the economic hub of Pakistan...
- Oct 17, 2019
- 7 min
To Find Happiness
What makes a happy life? Wealth? Success? Passion? For many years, I tried to figure out how to be happy. Turns out...
- Oct 8, 2019
- 8 min
Once a Passive Passenger
I shouldn’t have taken all those pills, I didn’t want to die. I needed to get to a phone to call 911, but it was so hard to move...
- Jun 12, 2019
- 8 min
It Starts After the Fall
I fell on my face so many times I lost count, but the thing that made my life different was that I refused to stay down...
- May 18, 2019
- 6 min
All the Adventure
From an early age, I showed an interest in becoming a police officer, or rather, I became interested in adventure and excitement...
- Dec 28, 2018
- 8 min
Forever
Times in the southern US during the 1940s and 1950s were trying ones, indeed. We were poor. I guess you could say “dirt poor.” I remember...
- Dec 21, 2018
- 7 min
Beyond Our Beginnings
However, one piece was always missing: my mother. She committed suicide when I was just eight months old, so everything I know about...
- Dec 10, 2018
- 9 min
Each and Every Journey
My parents—my father especially—were very liberal for the society in which we lived. A retired army officer, my father was well-educated...
- Nov 16, 2018
- 6 min
A Life That Is Worthy
When I was a child, I would walk the streets of Lahore, Pakistan, while staring at the dusty pavement below. I did not want to look...
- Nov 14, 2018
- 7 min
A Climbing Spirit
“I’m kicking you out. Come get your stuff.”
I was 16 when I read this devastating text from my stepfather. No money. No job. And now ...
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