ILEANA JOHNSON

The last three years have been quite scary for me as I relived many things that I thought I left behind in communist Romania when I decided ...

Why did I decide to move to the U.S. and become an American citizen? Because I wanted to be free! I wanted to have children and a family in ...

I always found politics boring. I am a typical American who loathes the deceptiveness and hypocrisy of Washington. If a person fails at anyt...

One of my childhood friends was a beautiful blue-eyed blond, Ana. She lived two doors down from my parents' one bedroom apartment. There...

My husband and I drove to Tupelo in his grandfather's old beat up 1962 Chevrolet Impala. I learned how to drive in this car around the p...

As an 18 year old in Romania, it has never occurred to me that cultural differences can doom a marriage. As a typical naive teenager, I trul...

Children are a whirlwind gift from God. My two daughters made me richer, happier, and more fulfilled in so many ways. They've been my li...