My little girl won a local baby beauty contest and was awarded a photography session with a professional in Chicago. So we packed up and made our way to the Windy City for her photo shoot. It was a long drive from from Cleveland, but we made it alright. Then entire time we were there it rained, almost constantly. Then as we headed back home it snowed. That wasn't the best time to travel, but anything for my princess.
While we were there, I visited my old neighborhood. When I first came to the United States so many years ago, the first place I lived was in Chicago's Chinatown. There were a lot of memories here. A lot have changed so much over the decade that I was not able to feel nostalgic. However certain memories need not be spurred by visiting. Those many years ago, it was here that I last saw my mother. It was here, in Chicago's Chinatown, that my heart was broken for the first time. It was here that I realized true abandonment.
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