#personal-stories

#personal-stories

I learned early on that living off-grid meant planning ahead; it set the groundwork for the winter of 2009 when we faced an ice storm.

Some items are from decades ago, such as a collection of lost love letters, but some have been found right at the right moment, such as a badly-placed gas pipe which could have caused an explosion.

"Male OB/GYN in my 30s from Europe here. Several reasons, but maybe the most important and formative experience for me was when, after med school, I was living in the Horn of Africa for a couple of years."

After finally realizing the toxicity of the relationship, I still allowed myself to be drawn back in by his manipulative words. It was a cycle I couldn't escape.

Stingmore was surprised to learn his rescuer was Paul Hollywood, who ensured he was okay and even joked about the incident.

As Bee Wilson writes in her Guardian long read, people can invest objects in their kitchens with strong meanings or emotions: Many people told me that they could still feel the presence of a lost parent or partner in their china cupboard.

My wife and I have both struggled with weight loss over the years. We decided to put $5,000 on the line. The money going to the person who lost the most in 3 months.

They become akin to a chameleon, expertly modifying their behaviors to blend in, making it tough to spot their underlying instability at first.

"I actually had to get off the road and stop. I was so upset."

"At this point in my life I'm trying to mentally adjust to letting go," said Kremen in his soft, meandering cadence. "Not too long ago it was acquisition. Now it's deposition."

"When I was waiting in line to purchase more tokens for the World Trade Center, chaos unfolded on 9/11, and I found the token in my shoe when I got home."

I have a cousin on my mother's side that I grew up with like siblings. Around the ages of 12 and 13, we would talk about our dreams.

"I was like 8 or 9 when my parents took me and my younger brother to stay the night at my paternal grandparents' house... I turned around and just said that we could not sleep in that room."

\"Waking the next morning in the clouds, I decided I needed to have a home there, she says. Because I have a close relationship with this landscape.\"