I enter a story in the Easy Reader contest for writing and photography each year. They usually print my stories about my adventures as honorable mention. This year I wasn’t sure they would print it, as it’s more of a personal essay (a shorter version of a post from a few months ago). But they did! Always fun to see your name in print, in a venue you can pick up and hold. Enjoy! The view from afar has been changed to The importance of travel
Janice Nigro 
I think you should have won! Awesome, achievement. Kudos!!
Tanya, you are always so kind. You summed up the living abroad experience best though in that quote. Thanks for reading the story…again :).