City of Wind

                                                                                                                                      March 2012
Dear Chicago,

For 22 years, I have lived with you and called you home. Born in the bosom of your skyscrapers, I have grown under the nourishment of your environment. For 22 years I have come to love you. Through the tough love of the West Side, to the love of family on the North Side, my love for the city of wind is undying. I have traveled all over the United States, where the locals would compliment on my "Chicago accent". Weeks away from Chicago would leave me nostalgic. I could never move away from here. Ever. This city has given me a cut throat attitude and at the same time, a loving nature. What city can do that?

My friend once said, maybe a little intoxicated, "In this city, if you ain't tough you'll get blown away."

That is still, and always will be, the City of Wind.