MIY aunts and uncles here are similar to my parents
They drinK Bustelo coffee. They feed their pet dogs
"human food." Parents here give their chidren
blessings. They make the sign of the cross. So do my
parents. People here watch the same TV shows. They
also Iisten to pos7/7os. These are dramatic 中cuadorian
songs. Miy father used to sing them in the shower.
T felt at home in Ecuador. It was comtfortng to see
people wth brown skin. They looked jke me. tgrew
up mn the southern United States. MLost people tnere
were white. Many had blonde hair. 1 had tan skin awa
dark hair. T always knew 1 was different. tn Ecuador、t
was ke everyone else.
