Tag: home
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1,000 miles: step 48 & a lesson from @JuHong89
Over the weekend, my little brother and I tore up a box Mommy brought home. It held a small Christmas tree. We dressed it up with characteristically inartistic style. The last time we saw a Christmas tree in our home was the winter of ’07. I realize I’m lucky to have known a united family and to have a family, albeit…
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the memory of second homes
I am thinking about the night you were away, how I began repapering the walls, trying to find a stitched pattern to ditch order, to find peace with the unaligned corners you kept. I am thinking about your patience in accepting me with my insanities included and forgiven; you never collected all the hugs I…
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1,000 miles: step 34
Dear reader, Happy Mother’s Day to you! My mommy celebrated this day Friday, but I, educated in American ways, extend the day till today. Because I’m also done with the spring semester (though two of my grades aren’t in), I have some time on my hands. And when my hands have time, they are busy…
Claudia Rojas 