A Heartbeat That Changed Everything.
A Heartbeat That Changed Everything, HEARTBEAT SAVED MY LIFE AND CHANGED MOM’S. My mom was 20 years old when she found out that she was pregnant. She…
The Day I Chewed a Light Bulb
The Day I Chewed a Light Bulb, FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHEWS GLASS BULB, LEARNS DANGEROUS LESSON. When I was about 4 years old, I was playing in the living…
The Movie That Unraveled My Marriage
The Movie That Unraveled My Marriage, FILM SHOWS WIFE’S PAST, AFFECTS OUR PRESENT RELATIONSHIP. I once watched a film in a packed movie theater in Union Square,…
The Ancestral Home Revelation
THEY DISCOVERED ANCESTRAL HOME IN FRIEND’S COTTAGE IN NZ. About 12 years ago, I experienced an astonishing coincidence while visiting New Zealand, where I had grown up….
The Second Floor Jump
The Second Floor Jump, JUMPED OUT OF A SECOND FLOOR WINDOW AT TWO. As a restless toddler, I managed to climb out of my crib and up…
The Snake Incident,
The Snake Incident, WRUNG OUT A SNAKE THINKING IT WAS MY FROCK. I grew up in a semi-rural town in West Bengal, India, surrounded by trees and…
Jeopardy Coincidence
Jeopardy Coincidence, EX-GIRLFRIEND ON JEOPARDY; WIFE’S STRANGE COINCIDENCE. I had a serious, big-time love interest girlfriend I started dating near the end of college at Rutgers University,…
A Night with Blue Label
A Night with Blue Label $20 NIGHT TURNS INTO UNEXPECTED SCOTCH ADVENTURE. It was 2010. I had $20 to my name and really wanted a drink. I…
Tornado on the Tarmac
TORNADO HITS PLANE, STRANGE CALM AFTER THE STORM. On April 22, 2011, a tornado hit the airplane I was on while on the tarmac. I was looking…
My Early Reading Journey and Speed Reading
CHILD PRODIGY READS FAST, SHOCKS FRIENDS WITH KNOWLEDGE. I started reading children’s books around the age of one, and by two or three, I was delving into…