My mom worked tirelessly to make money with multiple jobs while my dad refused to work more than one job. To make matters worse, my dad...

At 43, I’ve lost a lot in my life. I’ve lost homes, family members, and jobs. Though I lose things, I fight to gain back what’s possible...

My life can be best compared to a Lifetime movie. When I tell people about my upbringing, it’s unbelievable to them, but it happened...

Much of my early life, I was told that I was strange and dumb. I never had a good self-esteem. As I grew up, I had terrible experiences...

Though I’m only about 24 years old, I’ve experienced the bitterness and sweetness of life. Throughout my journey, I had moments when I...

When it appears that the world is trying to destroy you, you have two options. You can let it, or you can fight back. Even in times when...

I peeked inside to see my father destroying everything in his path. He was on one of his drunken rampages again. My mother was trying...

| This is the 38th story of Our Life Logs | I’ve been married three times to people who tried to break me. I am not a quitter. I never have been. I worked to mend my marriages when I noticed they needed intervention, but each passed a point beyond repair. I had to learn to move on from the toxic marriages to find joy within myself. I grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina, during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. Though there were many societal hardships, my parents tried

My life was never perfect. I went through some obstacles that would normally scar a child. I experienced losses in my family that pushed...