List: Personal Stories: Love & Family | Curated by Zahide Cam

Jul 21, 2024
26 stories
Personal Stories: Love & Family
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My Foreign Name Made Me Cry at a Hospital LobbyMy name gives me a lot of trouble. A LOT. And this is coming from someone who loves her name, if not adores it. But living in Canada and…
Jul 21
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Jul 21
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We Call This, LifeI’m sitting in bed wondering and watching shows made in the UK about ambitious but unemployed writers.
Mar 3
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Mar 3
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Finding my dream job in universitySome people are lucky or privileged enough to find and work at their dream job. I am lucky enough to love every job I do. For some people…
Jan 21
Jan 21
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“How is university going?” | Surviving the first semester of university at AcadiaI got an email from someone I respect a lot. He was asking me how my life was going, especially after completing the first semester of…
Jan 18
Jan 18
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Timezonesafter a long day with people we just met, there’s nothing more natural than feeling completely unconcerned about the world until the…
Jan 14
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Jan 14
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There is My HomeNot a person, but a place, a place where I cried, laughed, loved, and smiled. There is my home.
Jan 14
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Jan 14
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Nobody warned me about the agony of growing upWhen I was a child, I thought growing up would be liberating. It would bring me my dream life out of the blue because I was becoming an…
Dec 24, 2023
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Dec 24, 2023
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Without YouI don’t like not being able to tell you when bad things happen. There is a whole universe in me, and most of it is darkness where people
Dec 12, 2023
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Dec 12, 2023
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Him & You (Her)He looks at me and invites me to church. He texts me and tells me he’ll see me after the Bible study. He prays before and after sleep.
Oct 8, 2023
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Oct 8, 2023
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What Has Shaped My Worldview? Let Me Introduce Myself.Hi, I am Zahide.
Sep 10, 2023
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Sep 10, 2023
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Child, Childfree, Childless, and WhatsoeverIt is 8.30 at night. I wish it was something more dramatic, maybe something like 2.30 in the morning, but it is not.
Sep 7, 2023
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Sep 7, 2023
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Every Father’s Day Hurts MeWhen I was younger, I didn’t want to accept how hurt I felt on Father’s Day. TV was always full of ads showing little girls and their dads…
Jun 19, 2023
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Jun 19, 2023
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Senior PromLet’s accept it, senior prom is a big deal — there is no need to play it cool. Waking up and looking messy, sometimes even being forced to…
May 28, 2023
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May 28, 2023
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I Lost My Father Nine Years Ago TodayI lost my father nine years ago today, exactly today. Little me opened her eyes to check on her mom and found herself fatherless on May…
May 9, 2023
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May 9, 2023
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I’ll Be Dead by Forty-FiveI always say I am not afraid of death; I want to die before I get too old and will probably be dead by forty-five. Yet, in the smallest…
Apr 18, 2023
Apr 18, 2023
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You’ll Think of Me in Every Book You Come AcrossIn every book, at least one sentence will remind you of me. A sentence that talks about how much a breakup hurts or how much someone was…
Apr 17, 2023
Apr 17, 2023
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The Last TimeI saw you for the last time without knowing it would be the last. And I didn’t even try to look pretty: no makeup, no expensive perfume…
Apr 15, 2023
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Apr 15, 2023
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I Miss My MomThe worst days won’t end unless I have my mom.
Apr 14, 2023
Apr 14, 2023
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A Sunrise with YouThere is something really special about the way the sun rises when I am with you.
Apr 11, 2023
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Apr 11, 2023
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A Letter I Would Send if I Knew the AddressIt has been a while. Actually, it is even longer than that. I am where you left me. You know the location, and you know the life here…
Apr 4, 2023
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Apr 4, 2023
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