Navigating the city like a true Parisian
Having grown up as the child of two black immigrants in white suburban North Carolina, I have always struggled with belonging. My family...
Inspiring You To Travel The Way YOU Want To
The Skinny
In all honesty, I started this travel blog because of a very impactful argument that I had with my mother. While on the vacation of a lifetime in France, I had managed to bring along the unwelcome baggage of self-consciousness, insecurity, and unreasonable perfectionism; tainting the beginning of the trip for both of us.
I learned a lot from the choice words my mother shared with me during our argument; she prompted me to be myself authentically and unapologetically. The rest of our trip was wonderful because I was now liberated from the longstanding pressures that I had placed upon myself.
After reading "Making American Places: Civic Engagement Rightly Understood" I noticed a multitude of connections between author Ted V. McAllister's writing and my personal essay: the overarching theme being Liberation Through Authenticity.
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