A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks.

A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks.

Because that’s the thing about the exact moment when you get somewhere that has required effort: There’s a freeze-frame instant of total fulfillment, when every expectation has been met and the world is perfect.

The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.

Every day I have many choices to make about who I want to be.

Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents congregated to eat my mother's roast turkey.

I think it's the human spirit inside of all of us that has an enormous capacity to survive.