Memoirs

September 11, 2001 -- 9/11 -- just saying the date releases a storm of emotion. Adjusting to and living with the turmoil that followed affected all of us. Here is one story.

The earliest recollections of growing up in New Orleans centered on family gatherings and church.

Should you believe in the Lourdes experience? I took the trip due to my Multiple Sclerosis. These are my reflections after the pilgrimage.

The bizarre story of our car being stolen from our workplace and dropped off in front of our house - all during a 24 hour period

My grandfather died on May 8th, 1999. I was so devastated and sad. I turned to writing poetry as a relief.

Article series supports the 2008 book release by Arkay Evans

My three and one half years in the 82d Airborne Division were exciting and rewarding.

D Day is the event in the annals of second world war which was the starting point of liberation of France and rest of Europe from the German forces.

This article might bring back memories for readers of a doll called Little Miss No Name

My whole darn family believes in life after death, psychic phenomena, ghosts and a few of us have a healthy respect for aliens and life on other planets. I have no problem asking an angel to help me find a parking spot, my keys and in desperate times, concert tickets.

A short-short story about coming into the age of unwelcome predetermined gender differences. True.

Taking out a bit of tissue from this wretched lump could only make a final diagnosis. I am feeling desperate...Oh God! I only ask you, "why have I been punished?"

In May 2008, I took on the task of being caretaker to a 60-year-old male with Parkinson's Disease who clearly exhibits stage four symptoms. Poor judgment, due to early stages of dementia, is affecting this man.

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Thoughts on the potential purchase of our first home.

Video Memoir sample: The beer bet story.

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Canoeing at the CrazyHorse Campground in Brodhead, WI could prove to be more than you bargained for.

If you're considering breast reduction surgery, you may be filled with questions and doubts about whether the procedure is right for you. I admit, I was skeptical about having the procedure, although I often considered it during my 20s and 30s.

I studied anthropology Hons in Bangabasi College. It is a three year degree course. The Bangabasi college is the college where anthropology was first started in India.

In Memory of my lovely daughter who died suddenly from an unknown cause of death in 1996. I still miss her everyday so much ! Love never dies and with Gods help Memories stay alive !

A true story of an "orphan" girl who kept seeking for love as she grew up.

What will life be like in the new world?

The various emotions I'm going through while working my two weeks notice, and the fear of having no job to go straight into afterwards. Also the joy, of beginning to take some steps towards moving my life in a direction which will better suit me in the long term. I hope.

one tale among many of getting away

This article discusses how a person should seek to do what the world needs most from them and not what the person wants to do.

To me, today's American children seem to be a TV-addicted population. So frequently they seem to spend their time inside and sprawled on the couch, taking in yet another hour of Nickelodeon or the Disney Channel when they could be running around outside.

To put it simply, my life now has become, in so many ways, unrecognizable from what it was at this time last year - the setting, the players involved, and, most of all, what was set to happen next.

A woman discovers her relationship with meatloaf.

With the summer upon us, I began thinking about last July when I was deployed to Bahrain as Helicopter Crewchief.

a poem about how I found myself

A portait of a girl who grew up and went goth

Loving your dog and unanswered love

It was a "fairy tale wedding" from the proposal. My husband to be decided that since I wanted a simple traditional Italian wedding, that we were going to do things right, from the beginning.

This covers how I dealt with getting pregnant so young, and how it has changed me.

How despite our relentless pursuit to control our destinies, what has to happen will happen..

Drinking like an alcoholic is a way of life

It is a difficult task for people like my father and me to give verbal expression to our deeper thoughts and feelings, but as daddy completes seventy years and I forty, it is not difficult to reflect on his life in the light of my own experiences of life and living.

Stopping drinking arter forty years and then?

Time just marches on, you can't go back, it's never the same.

This is a daughter's tribute to her Mom's courageous battle with ALS, after surviving a different kind of battle, Hurricane Katrina. A story of love and family and inspiration to find a cure for Lou Gherig's Disease.

another day in the nursing home , I want to go home but do I have a home. where is my home?Am I loosing my mind?

My Dad was 89 years of age. He is an inspiration to others to keep moving, to stay active, in spite of aging. He died Sunday morning, September 25, 1994 and I wrote this memoir of him shortly thereafter.

By week 32, you're probably beginning to feel huge, and may need more maternity clothes. Also, learn how your baby is developing this week.

I had surgery for cancer and this is a diary of my experiences and feelings.

This article describes my 2 personal experiences that I have had with ghost encounters.

A short observation on the state of affairs of people.

A look at Boise, Idaho's Justice system, and how it has failed my daughter.

There are many advantages to learning a foreign language, even though it may be difficult.

Cat adventures.

Breastfeeding can be a big challenge to mama and newborn alike. Before having children, I mistakenly thought that, since breastfeeding was *natural*, the baby would naturally latch on and I'd naturally have an easy time breastfeeding. Ha!

This is a personal story of the impact mental illness has had on my mom and our family

Feature on kids knowing they're adopted

A story of two men and their individual struggles with responsibility and growing up set mainly in the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

People don't have to famous or be rich to great. My grandmother was a perfect example of that and I just wanted to make sure everyone knew that

A remeberance of a time spent with my grandmother. We loved her so dearly that we all called her Mu-Dear

The long lines at border crossings increase pollution levels

In September 2007, I started putting on my year-old Nike tennis shoes to walk the one-mile, uneven sidewalk path to work in an effort to lose 100 pounds. All of these factors helped contribute to an uncomfortable medical condition called Plantar Fasciitis.

I studied in this school starting from nursery. I studied here on class 1 also. My parents used to take me to the school.

This story is not my own, but the words certainly are. This is an account of someone who had to grow up, and in the process, forfeit her dreams.

Today I am very sad at the loss of one of my heroes, Tony Snow. He was truly a renaissance man, as well as a man of integrity. He was a man who had his priorities straight: God first, family second, and other people third.

Personal experiences

It does not matter who takes the photos. Ask the other Angie Gray, she can tell you, she is a professional photographer.

Being creative can be fun!

A short article explaining my decision to pursue a career in the field of Corrections.

"The problem is never the problem...it's how you react to the problem..."

We were in the third week of a motor trip through England, Scotland and Wales, a week in which I struggled to adjust to a car with the steering wheel on the right while driving on the left side of the road.

Having owned up to my pathetic 1-15 performance at Dodger Camp, I think I've earned the right to explain that disaster, and to salvage some modicum of dignity by recounting the dramatic - and far more heroic - ending to my fantasy week.

The year was 1986, and I'd given myself a 50th birthday present by signing up for the Dodgers' Adult Baseball Camp. It was a week during which 100 men who'd never really grown up could play ball and hang out with Dodgers.

I read advice from published authors whose work I enjoy, and the one piece of wisdom they all shared was this: real writers write every day. Now, at first, I bristled because I was the mother of three, then four children, working full-time with a 45-minute commute to work.

My Great Grand Aunt Ethel Fitzgerald Malone and her husband Uncle Ed Malone lived in Fond du Lac Wisonsin. I met them when my husband took a job with Mercury Marine.

Thoughts and memories I shared with my son, Ian, upon reaching his 14th birthday on 4-13-08

How to protect your assets from a cheating husband.

America's #1 Repo Man tells tales from the road, how to be an agent, and how to live a better life. Chapter 3 - Road Rules part 1.

My assignment, while I was in college, was to write a descriptive essay about someone I admired. This was that essay.

This was another essay I wrote in college. The assignment was to write a cause-and-effect essay. I chose to write about why I understood the homeless.

As the former chef to the late, nationally acclaimed home-run hitter Ted Williams, I had the distinct pleasure of preparing one of my specialty dishes to two of the most revered men of all time: Ted Williams and Tim Russert.

An author wrestling with writer's block finds inspiration in an unlikely source.

I lived in this house, our landlord was Mr. Nirapada Roy. I lived in this rented house at Kadamtala, Howrah.

After years of dicovery, I wrote this piece, after being asked what are the best places for hiding money at home.

This is a story about a small adventure in Africa on a beatup bus from Tanzania to Zambia.

A memory of an unusual experience, while being a passenger on the Redline train, in Chicago.

Short story about a woman who has given up in love and found it through fate.

A memoir about the first time I volunteered to help at a Vacation Bible School.

This story is about how I learned to love baseball.

Like so many Europeans, I met a young GI stationed in Germany. Despite the communication barrier we learned to communicate with each other, using our hands and feet. At the time, I thought it's nothing serious! We couldn't talk to each other, really.

Tribute to an old transistor radio

The early beginning of agoraphobia.

first run in with PTSD

How the Pope, the nuns and the NYPD started me on coffee.

Sometimes power can be overrated. What happens when the electricity goes out, during a weekend in the woods? The results may be surprising.

As a teenage girl I boated each day, alone, across Lake Havasu to attend high school. It was not always easy, nor was it always safe. And on some days, I almost didn't make it.

Some of my fave adlibs and sayings to get thru the day

discussing politics around the old hacienda

So it is time to set up another meeting to try to save this family,

I remember the last time I saw her as vividly as if it were a moment ago. I woke her up early at seven and said good morning. She was still weak but a little stronger than the day before.