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Beyond the Terminal Doors

A story of life-long longing for family across the border

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Carmina Eliason
Jun 06, 2023
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Written in the Summer of 2021 during a workshop through The StoryCenter, this story records the grief of pandemic isolation but also a life-long longing for my family in Mexico.

Beyond the Terminal Doors

I wonder what my life would be like if I had been born in Monterrey, the same city in Mexico where my mother was born. What if I had grown up in a home m…

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