Her Roots

“My entire life, I’ve heard stories about my grandma growing up in Trinidad and of my mom and her eight siblings vacationing and visiting family there. There are so many stories about that I can’t fully remember any of them.

The topics of the stories range from spending time with family on the dock, to walking down to the beach to relax or swim (there aren’t that many sand beaches, so if you wanted to go to one, you had to walk a bit). I have never experienced any of these things, for I’ve never visited Trinidad.

Actually, this Christmas my cousins and I were joking around about celebrating Christmas there next year. I mean, it’s definitely not going to happen, but I really hope to go there some day. It’s on my list of top five places to visit.” (Erin Carley, sophomore)