THE HEALING POWER OF BELONGING
Julie Palmer2020-07-01T07:07:25-04:00Photo by Simon Rae on Unsplash By Morella Devost A sixth-grade field trip. I remember it clear as day. I was so excited! We got to wear street clothes instead of our uniform of pleated navy skirts, white buttoned shirts, and burgundy pullover sweaters. If you can’t tell already, I went to a private school for the daughters of wealthy families in Venezuela. Except I wasn’t one of them. My very hard-working mixed-culture parents simply wanted me to attend the best bilingual school. That day, I dressed in a super cute outfit of checkered pants and shirt (it was the ‘80s!). [...]