Tag: American Dream
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Back to Our Roots
In a holiday season that had more screen time than years past thanks to hunkering down for the COVID-19 virus, I recently sat to fold laundry and turned on the TV while my kids were busy in other parts of the house. I pecked around, wanting something that I could enjoy without having to pay…
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A Letter to America
America… You’re growing up. The freedoms that you fought for and baked into your inception have invited a diversity that has never before been seen anywhere else on the planet.
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Lessons from Melania
As we near the close of Melania Trump’s first and only term as First Lady, I’ve been thinking about what we might have learned from her time in this incredibly important role. While she didn’t campaign as a First Lady that would have a strong public platform, one could see the possibility of a lovely…
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My American Dream
One night, two and a half years ago, when I was tossing and turning on the floor of my daughter’s room trying to help her go to sleep, this speech came to me. It feels crazy to even write those words because, really, who am I giving speeches to? When I woke up, I sat…
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Finding Home
The waiting room of the US embassy in Guatemala holds the fate of two families.
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My Family’s Immigration Stories
Today, at a long red light, I’m scrolling Facebook and I see the headline, “Woman Ran Over Girl Because She was ‘A Mexican’, in the New York Times. I was coming back from picking up a Christmas present for my husband, listening to the Holly station on the radio, singing along to the music. But…
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