Gathering Strength – Catrina
My Ancestors Taught Me That I Belong Ending up in the cold winters of New England was a shock to my little family from Mexico. Asone does, when they move to a new place, I had a hard time discovering where I fit in in thisnew land. My 4 year old noticed the differences, when […]
Gathering Strength – Miya
My story starts with my names. My first name is “Miyamoto,” which is traditionally a Japanese last name. It’s my great-great-grandmother’s last name actually. After viewing my mother’s pedigree chart, my dad was fully convinced that “Miyamoto” was to be my first name no matter what. I find it pretty fitting that my name was […]