A Wandering Jew
“But why?”
This became the epitome of my childhood and the main source of migraines for my parents...
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- Jan 10, 2020
- 8 min
A Refugee No More
My father was a Kashmiri Pandit, a Hindu in a Muslim-dominated area. But in those days, it was no real threat other than...
- 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,”...
- Dec 21, 2019
- 9 min
Stronger Than the Tiger
Our village was surrounded by the forest on all sides, but those were not forests children could play in, because there were tigers...
- Dec 20, 2019
- 7 min
What We Choose
Despite our town’s lack of resources, my father always tried to provide us with the best of every opportunity, and my mother supported him..
- Dec 11, 2019
- 9 min
Life Is Never Promised
Life can be tricky; it’s like teetering along the edge of a cliff. One setback can land you on the streets...
- Dec 5, 2019
- 8 min
The Gift of a Second Chance
With many, many patients coming his way, my father was highly esteemed—a venerated figure like a god, in fact...
- Nov 12, 2019
- 6 min
Broken Shackles
It often feels like an unbearable privilege to write and make a simple living from taking all those wonderful and horrible patterns...
- Oct 14, 2019
- 6 min
A Speedy Recovery
It was a dream that I’d been chasing since I was a child. But sometimes, the dreams we have can’t last forever...
- Oct 3, 2019
- 9 min
The Fight of My Life
I lay in the hospital bed, pain racking my body as chemicals and super-science ran through my blood...
- Aug 29, 2019
- 8 min
Home Is What We Feel
I loved my mom, but I didn’t get much time with her because she had bad lungs. She already had asthma, but her job only worsened...
- Aug 24, 2019
- 7 min
A New Lesson
My parents taught us to work hard, help our neighbors and be respectful of others. My mum worked in an office and...
- Aug 16, 2019
- 7 min
Where Do We Go?
I had what should have been an idyllic childhood, playing on the beaches and forests that surrounded our home...
- Aug 13, 2019
- 8 min
To Witness Something Greater
Although my parents worked very hard, we were a poor family. We often didn’t have the money for heating in the winter...
- Jun 3, 2019
- 7 min
No Longer Empty
When I was six years old, I sat in a chair and pretended to nurse my dolls. I was very conscientious with them as I cared for their...
- Apr 25, 2019
- 7 min
The Nature of Love
I was born into a conservative Christian family in Nigeria in 1991 as the fifth born of six kids. Our days were happy, but strict...
- Apr 1, 2019
- 7 min
Forgiving Myself
Even when he did seemingly nice things like drop us off at church, he was really only doing it because it was on the way to a bar...
- Mar 22, 2019
- 7 min
As I Looked into the Eyes of My True Love
I did not come into a perfectly happy world upon my birth in 1883. My mother had always blamed my father for disappearing into his dirty...
- Feb 14, 2019
- 7 min
Love Perseveres
Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, or boast, or follow the exact schedule you planned. Love is messy, love is...
- Nov 28, 2018
- 6 min
The Truth About Wealth
My father refused to work because he believed if we had too much money, we would be damned, so my mother and I would cut dry wood to sell...