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...

My mother was still a student when she had me and literally had to take her final exams with me crying my lungs out next to her...

Remember that episode of The Simpsons when Bart divorces his parents? He moves into a wicked loft-style apartment with what little...

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...

Today it has become a revamped, artsy district, but when I was born in 1987, it was a place full of gangs, violence, and drugs. I thought...

Life has a funny way of teaching us lessons, right? For me, it seems like every time I say, “I won’t do this” or “I won’t become that...

I was a “surprise” to my parents because they were already in their mid-40s when I came along. My two brothers were much older than me...

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 was much more scared than I was thrilled when we got the call to come to Jewish hospital where someone was dying of chronic heart...

As my family sat, distraught, a priest entered the room to give my last rites. My blue, lifeless body laid across the table. I wasn’t...

September 1, 2017. To many this was just another day; but for me, it was my last day as a “Ms.” The next day, I was going to say “I do...

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