Girl America

You return to the places. The places where you grew up. You tremble. You sweat. You swallow. You cannot escape the memories. Some are like vivid paintings. Some like punches to the face. A children's home under communism. Foster parents. A reform school. And then the Velvet Revolution. And a freedom you do not know what to do with. A hundred times you fell. But a hundred times you got back up. They did not break you. Because you were not alone in it. You had yourself. And you also had hope. Hope that one day you would escape to America. Where your father is waiting for you. Girl America. A story about a girl who stopped running.