"I remember once, when I was 8 years old, stumbling into my house, my hair covered in powder and my eyelashes frozen together, and screaming, 'Why do we live here?!' My mother took my face in her warm hands and said, 'Because it’s where people love you.'"
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Canada Day!
The New York Times asks eleven Canadians living in the States what they miss most about home.
"I remember once, when I was 8 years old, stumbling into my house, my hair covered in powder and my eyelashes frozen together, and screaming, 'Why do we live here?!' My mother took my face in her warm hands and said, 'Because it’s where people love you.'"
"I remember once, when I was 8 years old, stumbling into my house, my hair covered in powder and my eyelashes frozen together, and screaming, 'Why do we live here?!' My mother took my face in her warm hands and said, 'Because it’s where people love you.'"
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