When your family is far away, create one from people around you
Sharing my home with strangers has helped me find a sense of kinship and community
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Family is not just the people you have biological ties with – you can make family out of friends, and friends are just people who were once strangers.
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I was on my way out of the house to the library to start work on an article when the three-year-old girl who lives with us stopped me in my tracks.
She called me by name to get my attention. “I want the eggs,” she said, brandishing the carrot she had munched on like a weapon. She ran to me with her arms outstretched. I bent and braced my body to pick her up, mentally reminding myself to continue my gym routine to build core and upper body strength, so I can continue to carry her a while longer.
