To Fight with Every Step
I grew up in the late ’90s with the life that most people would dream about as a kid. My house was a few blocks from the best beaches...
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- Apr 17, 2020
- 7 min
Trapped in Gray Skies: A COVID-19 Story
Life is unpredictable. People understand that now more than ever. But we also know that every situation occurs for a reason...
- Apr 1, 2020
- 8 min
The Choice You Made
My family was not too poor, but we most certainly weren’t rich. We lived in a joint home with my uncles who were illiterate farmers...
- Mar 25, 2020
- 8 min
Even When the Waves Crash, the Mountain Stands
When 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..
- 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...
- Feb 7, 2020
- 8 min
To Learn of Freedom
The country of my mother tongue, my family, a great deal of my childhood, and my culture actually isn’t where I was born...
- Jan 15, 2020
- 8 min
Life Is What You Bake It
As the positive comments rolled in at the potluck, I could feel myself begin to float. Maybe I really could do this...
- Nov 22, 2019
- 6 min
Do Not Lose Heart
my father was a poor shopkeeper with little earnings to feed, clothe, and provide for my mother, my four siblings, and me...
- Nov 21, 2019
- 5 min
Soon I Will Dream
My childhood was a distressing one because we never had enough to eat or spend on ourselves. Since I could remember, my father...
- Nov 14, 2019
- 8 min
A Light at the End of the Tunnel
...Lagos, Nigeria, a sparsely over-populated city with a mix of lifestyles and cultures. It was like the America of Nigeria...
- 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 27, 2019
- 7 min
Where Do I Belong?
I, on the other hand, couldn’t focus on academics and seemed to always fall behind my peers. My teachers were telling me...
- Oct 25, 2019
- 6 min
The Reconstruction of My Life
When one of them disappears, it threatens the whole system, and in my case, my entire being. I was forced to rebuild my life and myself...
- Oct 22, 2019
- 8 min
Against the Odds
I’m sure my mother didn’t like being away from me, but at the time, the northern region of the country was the only place a woman of color..
- 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 16, 2019
- 8 min
Once Lost, Now Found
But no matter where we lived, I was a smart high achiever. No kidding. We were a family of hard-workers and I loved going to school...
- Oct 11, 2019
- 8 min
Fighting Free
Maybe it would have been a lot different if life had stayed peaceful and carefree like when I first came into this world...
- Oct 7, 2019
- 7 min
Where We Land
Growing up, I spent countless hours playing the game, “Operation,” meticulously navigating the clip to avoid touching the metal...
- Oct 6, 2019
- 7 min
What Lies Within Us
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. This sentence pretty much sums up my whole life...
- Sep 30, 2019
- 6 min
Life Is for the Taking
In the early 1990s, my father and his brother left their home in Macedonia to pursue their dream of opening a restaurant together...
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