I was a very chubby kid since childhood; I enjoyed food and was very carefree. I loved to dance and sing. I grew up with one sister who...

I had a very cheerful childhood—at least until I turned four. That was when my parents got divorced. Studies say that people often don’t...

It’s a late night under an inky sky as I walk across campus from the theatre back to my apartment. The chilly night air rustles past me...

I was the eldest child in my family. We went on a long sea voyage to Malaya, a then-British colony in Southeast Asia. My parents settled...

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...

The human spirit is very resilient. We can pick back up when we fail, and fail, and fail. We can find hope when we are still battling...

My job was to look after the chickens and then collect and clean their eggs. As a family, we all worked together to keep the farm running...

We were a short 10-minute drive away from the bustling capital city of Kuala Lumpur. Our backyard opened to lush green jungle that...

When I close my eyes, I can still see the two sunlit rivers and the wide mountain meadows surrounding our house. I was born on a cold...

I used to love watching my mom do her makeup. I remember how my mom would put me in a highchair when I was just about one or two years...

As the last born in a family of six siblings, I don’t remember much of my childhood until the death of my father in 1997. When my mother...

I grew up with a warped understanding of love and received little attention from my parents. I searched for affection all my life, but...

I was just another “All-American girl,” born to a hard-working single mom of North Philly in the glorious 90s. My weekends were spent...

They were highly skilled musicians, but unfortunately, our family was very poor because neither of my parents made much at their teaching...

As the youngest and only girl in my family, I was spoiled a lot and had tons of fun when I was little. I remember coming down the stairs...

I was always considered a weird kid, which didn’t sit well with my Jewish parents who desperately wanted everything in life to be “normal..

I had a great childhood full of fun family vacations and playing outside. I mostly hung around with my brothers and their friends, which...

I stood outside in the two-acre backyard of my new home in Hesperia, California. The High Desert became the new place I would call home...

I’ve always been the type of person that would go out and experience something for myself rather than watch someone else do it...

I was the sixth born in a family of nine siblings. Though I was meek, being my mother’s last born offered me the protection I needed...