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This statement sweater is reserved for our Front Row community until Friday evening, when it goes live on our webshop.
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It always hits some melancholy strings, a sense of yearning, and the search for a bigger answer.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text text_larger=”no” css=”.vc_custom_1555517193110{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}”]I was looking forward to meeting Michelle Obama the other week, as I admire her tremendously and would gladly do my little contribution to make her book and book tour a success.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text text_larger=”no” css=”.vc_custom_1555517200762{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}”]What I didn’t expect (maybe I should have , yes) was that she would greet me with this particular question that leaves me starring at the person in front of me, trying to compact, repack the same answer:[/vc_column_text][woodmart_title size=”small” font_weight=”500″ align=”left” woodmart_css_id=”5cb74f7eafeb9″ title=”“ Where are you from, where is your home? “” title_width=”100″ after_font_size=”eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zaXplIiwiY3NzX2FyZ3MiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjpbIiAudGl0bGUtYWZ0ZXJfdGl0bGUiXX0sInNlbGVjdG9yX2lkIjoiNWNiNzRmN2VhZmViOSIsImRhdGEiOnsiZGVza3RvcCI6IjE2cHgifX0=” css=”.vc_custom_1555517315935{padding-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_column_text text_larger=”no” css=”.vc_custom_1555517332224{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}”]In my head and my heart I always hear myself answering “ I am stardust from this galaxy , I am home”, but I know everyone else hears:[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text text_larger=”no” css=”.vc_custom_1555525514395{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}”]“I left Romania 19 years ago, I worked in and called home various places in USA, Dubai, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, my husband is Norwegian, our children call the house there their home, my business is in Transylvania, and we live in Moscow.” Sometimes I may add “we got married in Montreal and Tuscany, if you think that makes more sense ?”, to break the silence.[/vc_column_text][woodmart_title size=”small” font_weight=”500″ align=”left” woodmart_css_id=”5cb76bd54fdec” title=”I have been seen and referred to as an Emigrant, East European, Third Country National, Expat, Immigrant.” title_width=”100″ after_font_size=”eyJwYXJhbV90eXBlIjoid29vZG1hcnRfcmVzcG9uc2l2ZV9zaXplIiwiY3NzX2FyZ3MiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjpbIiAudGl0bGUtYWZ0ZXJfdGl0bGUiXX0sInNlbGVjdG9yX2lkIjoiNWNiNzZiZDU0ZmRlYyIsImRhdGEiOnsiZGVza3RvcCI6IjE1cHgifX0=” css=”.vc_custom_1555524568552{padding-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_column_text text_larger=”no” css=”.vc_custom_1555525578584{margin-bottom: 5px !important;}”]I know I have had privileges on my side that made my journey and my handling of these labels easier than most people who leave their homes face and have to endure. 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