Spread out before us,
sharing the prairie with grasshoppers, sunshine,
steady wind and cloud
sculptures in the sky.
Spread out before us
was our childhood ~
parents, aunts, uncles,
cousins and neighbours, storekeepers, school teachers
Nostalgia ~ a sweet soft ache.
“Family matters because I love my roots and traditions, and
I carry them with me. I respect my ancestors, and I know who I am.”
~ Belén Gallardo, memoirist, biographer
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