HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

I am a huge fan of Christmas…my blood runs red and green. But ever since I moved away from my family, well, it’s different.  I still love it.  I have three trees in my apartment, and too many ornaments for “just” three trees. (Yes, some don’t make it out of the box!) I associate Christmas […]

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WHAT IS HOME?

A bitter wind relieves me of exhaust fumes as I wait for my ride, shivering with my fellow Holiday travelers. I’m looking for a black Ford Fusion…and they are everywhere! I approach one to find a woman, not my mother, looking anxiously out the window. I used to live here, how can it feel like being in a strange land? And how can American cars seem foreign to me? …

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