What we owe our families

By Story of America Team
Sometimes we forget that old people were not always old people. We see them as living on the other side of a wall, rather than of as part of continuum of which we are all participants at different stages. When I first met Wendy’s father-in-law at Thanksgiving 1994, he seemed like an old person

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God was not enough

By Story of America Team
I was born in the early 80s, into a strongly Christian household. We were poor because my parents had just immigrated from China. During that time, my mom worked to make ends meet, while my dad attended medical school — training to be a physician. I had a pretty ordinary childhood, and spent a

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American dream, American reality

By Story of America Team
What is living the American Dream? Is it owning 2 cars, having 2.5 kids, and owning a home (with a mortgage)? Or is it enjoying your job assuming you are lucky enough to have one and having enough free time to visit all of the places you would like to see and be able to […]

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People are animals too!

By Story of America Team
I’m grateful to my “life coach” (I call her that, she might not characterize her work that way) with whom I have been working for about five months now. I have had several invaluable epiphanies (also known as “blinding glimpses of the obvious”) in that time, but the one that is driving the

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My Story of America

By Story of America Team
What does it mean to be an American today? When I think about “American” I mean a regular, working class, middle class or poor person who struggles to make ends meet to take care of oneself or one’s family. I think about the vast majority of people in this country who are not part of […]

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