Tag: san jose
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Around the Corner
I was three the day Nancy came around the corner and knocked on our door. Her family was new to the neighborhood. She wanted to know if I’d come play with her daughter. So, I went. And I cried the entire afternoon, the way a shy three-year-old cries in a house that isn’t hers, wanting…
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California
My parents lived across the street from each other in San Jose.That’s how they met. Two families, both of whom had come to California from somewhere else, both of whom ended up on the same street as neighbors, and their kids found each other, and here I am. If either family had chosen a different…
