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My Way Home.

I remember growing up as a little Polish kid in the suburbs. My family was small, but very close.  We did everything together. And Sundays were my absolute favourite family day of the week. Every Sunday, we would wake up late, eat Mama's home-made apple bran muffins for breakfast, get dressed in our fancy clothes and go to church for the late mass. By the time church was done and we got home, it was early afternoon (Polacks LOVED their long masses after all)  and my parents would immediately start preparing a massive feast for dinner.   It was the same almost every Sunday.  Steak (medium-rare of course), home-made french fries and Mama's special vinaigrette salad. I remember those days vividly.   The food, the smells, the clothes.......but most of all, the music. A Sunday never passed without music filling every square listening space of our home. Whether it was Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte, Polish waltzes, or The Righteous Brothers, my dad always made s

Run!!

....continued from last blog. As the door swung open, I wasn't quite sure how to process the image that was before me.  There were so many things to look at. So while I digested everything, I did what I always do in awkward situations.  And I smiled a smile that was WAY bigger than anyone's smile should EVER be.  Like....a sort of psychotic smile....where my eyebrows go up SUPER high (almost touching my hairline) and my face gets minimized to pretty much only a giant mouth and teeth.   Kind of like when they put a human mouth on an animal and make them talk on super hilarious YouTube videos.    At the current moment, I'm completely OBSESSED with watching talking meerkats on YouTube.  I am sure that there is nothing quite as ridiculous looking as a super cute little mongoose that is having a conversation with another mongoose using his giant human mouth.   In that moment, when my new hairdresser had opened the door.......I had transformed into one of those ridic