Home leave territory is a place where it is always summer, where our extended family lived in the same homes year after year, and where we were the celebrated visitors.
Memoir Monday: Home Leave Territory is Still Sacred Ground

Home leave territory is a place where it is always summer, where our extended family lived in the same homes year after year, and where we were the celebrated visitors.
My mother never imagined that she’d be a part—time diplomat, mother of two bilingual kids, boss to a live-in maid, figuring out how to get through a revolution.
“ The silence that followed was the loudest sound I ever heard.”Micaela Watts, Memphis Commercial Appeal
My Aunt Snooky’s good cheer and people-connecting have carried our family forward during this very tough year.