Shit, this hits me where it hurts. We have been talking about expat life for so long but the last four months it’s been at a new level- this desire for peace, a desire to raise my kids in a place where people care about community and environment and not just the endless pursuit of some mythical “dream.” It’s been scary to actually move from theory to reality but I think it’s time. Thanks for this wonderful piece. And Happy Juneteenth, if you celebrate.
I love this. My husband (who is a descendent of Africans enslaved in the US) and I were talking yesterday about how Juneteenth feels so different in Mexico. Loving Day too. How being removed from the location that made the underlying significance of these remembrance days underscores how much more "free" we both feel here. How we can never go back.
Shit, this hits me where it hurts. We have been talking about expat life for so long but the last four months it’s been at a new level- this desire for peace, a desire to raise my kids in a place where people care about community and environment and not just the endless pursuit of some mythical “dream.” It’s been scary to actually move from theory to reality but I think it’s time. Thanks for this wonderful piece. And Happy Juneteenth, if you celebrate.
I love this. My husband (who is a descendent of Africans enslaved in the US) and I were talking yesterday about how Juneteenth feels so different in Mexico. Loving Day too. How being removed from the location that made the underlying significance of these remembrance days underscores how much more "free" we both feel here. How we can never go back.