July 15, 2018

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

People ask each other all the time,

“Where are you from?” They hear

our accent …. They look at our skin ….

They wonder: “Where are you from?”

Do I tell them that I’m from my parents

and they were the oldest and next to 
the youngest in their families - and they were 

from another country and another language?

Do I tell them about being the youngest

in my family and the schools I went to

and the places and people I’ve met and

been with - and what happened along the way?

Where am I from? I know and I don’t know.

And by the way, I’m still happening.

I’m still learning and listening. And I too am 

still wondering where I came from myself.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

Father William Guri introduced

me to this Ted Talk last week.

I want to tag it here for you as well.