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The Fire of a Child
| This is the 568th story of Our Life Logs® | I was always a curious child. Wandering around, always wanting to know more and to be more....
Mar 31, 20218 min read


A Non-Cinematic Apocalypse: A COVID-19 Essay
| This is the 556th story of Our Life Logs® | My name is Mark Taylor. A bit about myself: I’m 23 years old, I was born in Concord...
Jan 27, 20219 min read


In an Ocean of Darkness
A bird loves to feel the wind in his wings and the clouds brushing his feathers as he flies. It is exhilarating. It is his life...
Mar 9, 20208 min read


No, Depression Can’t Have Me
Growing up in a very strict Christian family, I was expected to settle down and start a family. As I waited for Mr. Right...
Jan 27, 20208 min read


When Horizons Fall
Teaching, preaching, writing, and interacting with students of all ages gave me a sense of satisfaction, and I was happy...
Dec 4, 20197 min read


At the Start of My Journey
My childhood was not sweet, to say the least. Instead of love and security, it was filled with mockery and humiliation...
Nov 19, 20196 min read


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 17, 20197 min read


The Ghosts of the Past
Luckily, one of the performers noticed me trailing behind them and took me to the police station where I was reunited with my parents...
Sep 29, 20198 min read


Back to the Words
Sometimes, your dream doesn’t line up with how your life is going, and other times, your dream can mold with you...
Sep 18, 20197 min read


These Pages I Escape To
I was never the kind of person who had an abundance of friends. On the bus, I’d find the first available seat and sit there quietly...
Jul 1, 20197 min read


Wildly Unique
What makes a person unique? One just has to look up at the night sky. Just as each star differs from all the others, each of us...
May 16, 20198 min read


Because You Never Know
I grew up watching over my shoulder and trying to keep the peace in our home. Though I breathed the air of misfortune, it did not affect...
May 11, 20197 min read


Surrounded by Fear
My health anxiety, the irrational fear of being or becoming ill, leads me to manifest symptoms of sicknesses I’m afraid of catching...
Mar 26, 20197 min read


Words That Heal
I, conversely, was born with a creative mind and a depressive disorder that manifested in some of the worst and weirdest ways. My talent...
Feb 27, 20196 min read


Even Weirdos Deserve Love
But that all changed in the middle of my second year when I had a diabetic onset. The onset, itself, wasn’t too traumatic, seeing as how...
Feb 7, 20197 min read


A Latecomer’s Dream
I believe that an underrated statement is when people say the “mid-life crisis” can change your existence. I should know. Earlier this...
Dec 13, 20187 min read


Running Deeper Than Friends
I pried my eyes away from the TV screen to look out the window, to the trees, to the sunlight…to that strange world out there that gave...
Oct 30, 20188 min read


To Keep the Soul Alive
I was born in 1985, in a country that doesn’t exist on the map anymore. But, the land is still here and the land is still the same...
Oct 5, 20187 min read


In the Darkest Hour
My early life was not easy because my father was an alcoholic. He would spend more than half of his salary at the local bar drinking...
Jun 18, 20187 min read


The Nature of Passion
We plant seeds very early in our lives, hoping they will blossom quickly, much like that of honeysuckle. But not every plant is a vine...
Apr 11, 20186 min read
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