Because that’s the thing about the exact moment when you get somewhere that has required effort: There’s a freeze-frame instant of total fulfillment, when every expectation has been met and the world is perfect.
I know firsthand how critical support systems are.
I have watched lives change. I have seen women gain confidence.
Women in Somalia face almost unimaginable oppression.
In my version of paradise, the air was always cold and the rivers ran with candy.
Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents congregated to eat my mother's roast turkey.