Brighter Days Are Waiting
| This is the 558th story of Our Life Logs® | My name is Felicia, but people call me Foxy because my high cheekbones and dark chocolate...
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- Feb 2, 2021
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Never Turn Back
I remember washing my armpits in the sink of the bathroom at work, layering on the deodorant, all while hoping nobody would notice the...
- Oct 12, 2020
- 6 min
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- Aug 4, 2020
- 8 min
Hope Remains: A COVID-19 Story
He looked around and came a bit closer as if all set to reveal a secret.
“There are rumors that a few inmates are infected with the virus
- Jun 19, 2020
- 6 min
One Day: A COVID-19 Story
Coming from an area where many are illiterate, we had no idea what the virus truly was or how deadly it was. All we knew was that it was
- 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?...
- Dec 27, 2019
- 9 min
Fearfully and Wonderfully
But it is also known for being smack in the middle of the Bible Belt, where children say “yes, ma’am,” and “no, sir,”...
- Oct 18, 2019
- 7 min
A Desert Rat’s Tale of Survival
I was born into what became a large family of eleven children. As I was one of the oldest, I had new siblings on an almost yearly basis...
- 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...
- May 14, 2019
- 6 min
So Little I Have
When I was three years old, I was diagnosed with a birth defect called phocomelia. Both my legs are defective, twisted and lifeless...
- Jan 7, 2019
- 7 min
My Life Is Not a Tragedy
The sun flowing through the crack of the window was not able to warm up the icy cold that was invading me at every thought of my future...
- Sep 21, 2018
- 6 min
The Rejected One
HIV/AIDS infiltrated my family, first taking my father when I was three and then my three-month-old brother soon after. After my father...
- Sep 19, 2018
- 6 min
Scars of Cancer
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...
- Jun 1, 2017
- 5 min
Forgiveness Is the Attribute of the Strong
There are times in life when we must choose whether we hold on to hate, or forgive and forget. Holding on to hate is the more common...
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