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Karena's avatar

Camilo! You brought back so many shared memories! And the reason for them. As you described them I recalled being "there". Only "there" wasn't there. And it wasn't Black Friday. It was Boxing Day in London. But the reasons and memories of immigrant "making it" were the same: scrimping and saving for special gifts for family, a 10GBP tea set from Harrods, a Bally set of maroon knee-high boots 👢 that I wore for 15 years! But most special in this piece was the memory of that relay line. Mum and I are laughing at the memories you resurfaced! Thanks.

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Rick Lewis's avatar

"When you have to rebuild your life like my family did when we emigrated from Colombia, you learn to celebrate all the little wins; the worries that no longer seemed mortal, the indulgences that no longer seemed luxuries." Would love to hear more about this one day.

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