This assignment truly allowed me to
escape to my dream world, as I thought of West Palm Beach as soon as our TA
mentioned a city or place that we have a lot of love for. Hopefully I did SG
some justice with this rendition.
Dear West Palm Beach:
For 6 summers of my childhood I lived
with you and learned to love you. I came to you to learn about my mother’s side
of the family and found new love and appreciation from them around every
corner. I left the monotony of Chicago and came to Florida, that peninsula off
of the East Coast of America, where retirement homes are king and relaxation
and hospitality exuded from each household I encountered. You gave me a breath
of fresh air because you are so open and kind.
When we were growing up, my mother put
thoughts in our head of a simpler time and place from the eccentric lifestyle
that we had grown to know from Chicago. Florida was meant to be an escape from
reality that was really available to us when we needed it.
That is still West Palm Beach to me.
-DL
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