Before one takes on any endeavor, a prayer to Ganesha is traditionally said, asking for all hardships in your way to be removed. I often wonder how much my parents prayed as they prepared to move their lives to a new country.

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Family Geography

I can’t imagine what it must have been like to leave everything you knew and set up a whole life elsewhere. Exhilarating and terrifying in the same breath. Immigrating from South India to the East Coast of the US, with dreams of different opportunities, my parents set down new roots for a family to grow.

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Michelle McLoughlin

Michelle McLoughlin