Growing up at the Orphanage
By Louise Seals, November 17, 2019 — It was 1938 when my mother dropped us off at the orphanage. The nuns found us and brought us inside. They took care of us. We would wake up at six and go to … Continued
By Louise Seals, November 17, 2019 — It was 1938 when my mother dropped us off at the orphanage. The nuns found us and brought us inside. They took care of us. We would wake up at six and go to … Continued
By Emma Marano, November 16, 2019 — … My parents owned a farm and there was a lot of land, a lot of land. There was an old man there that used to talk to me and the other kids in … Continued
By Eomma, November 16, 2019 — Ever since I was a child, I have always loved flowers. Everywhere I went I would look for them and pick them to bring home. I remember we would go to my aunt’s house on … Continued
By Elliot Doomes, September 19, 2019 — I remember when I was a small child. One day, I ran home crying because my friend promised me that he would share with me as I shared with him, but he never … Continued
By Carolyn Boston, October 24, 2019 — Halloween was a special event in my family. My mother would decorate the dining room table and it became a candy land strewn with every candy. My sister and I loved including gingersnap … Continued
By Elliot Doomes, October 24, 2019 — I could never fool anybody at Halloween. It never mattered what I put on. Everybody always said, “Come on, Elliot. We know its you.” I guess I had a distinctive walk or something. … Continued
By Lisa Spaccarelli, October 14, 2019 — I grew up in The Bronx, with four brothers and two sisters in the house my grandfather built when he came to the United States from Italy. He died before I was born, … Continued
By Jaime Jaramillo, October 7, 2019 — One year for my birthday — I can’t remember how old I was turning but I remember I was dressed nicely for the occasion — I had my nice vest on and my … Continued
By Jaime Jaramillo, October 13, 2019 — I’ll never forget how we would leave school as kids and on our walks we would buy mangos. It’s so funny because in retrospect those mangos were so unsanitary. In Colombia on every … Continued
By Joan Bunting, May 23, 2019 — Have you ever been afraid of being lost? Most of my adult life, I have [had] the fear of being lost. It may have started when I was ten or eleven years old. … Continued