Tag: #belonging

  • Whispering Roots

    Thank you Puglia for being so kind to me… and for making this solitary Christmas far less lonely than I thought it might end up being 🎄. The whole region of Apulia (or in proper Italian, Puglia) felt desolate over Christmas. Everything was closed. Making me acutely aware of the fact that everyone else was…

  • Adoption

    “For years, I had puzzled over being the only dark-haired, darker-complexioned person in our family. My emotional make-up and character didn’t quite seem to fit with the rest of my family either. I had kept searching for similarities between my parents and me, as every child does, and had found none. But my mom Hildegard…