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New York, New York

Back in New York I was happy.  The city was dreary and drab, but I was
happy. Little did i know that our next interviewee and I would have more
in common then anyone I met the entire trip.  He was from Delaware, I was
from Delaware.  He was performing theatre, I was a theatre major in
college.  Last but not least he was a libra, I am a Libra.

I couldn't believe in a city of more than a million people I was talking
to one that was from my hometown, studied acting as I did, and was born in
the same month as me.  It was a great ending to a great trip. I thought
back on all the people I had met over the last ten days.  The advice
they'd given me, the stories they'd shared and all I could think about was
sharing them with my family and friends.

Now I'm back home, my daughter's happy and so am I.  But I will
never forget the last ten days.  How they've changed my perspective.  How
much I've grown and learned. And how much further I have to go.  I am
truly grateful I was able to experience this. I'll never forget it.

Kiki

Chicago

On our last day in chicago i was feeling pretty homesick.  Our interview
was with the owner of a community theatre.  To add insult
to injury his two beautiful children were running around the theatre the
entire time.  All I wanted to do was get back home to my beautiful child.

I did take away something from the interview though.  The owner of this
theatre had done something that every person with children should do or be
thinking about doing.  He had begun his legacy.  A legacy that he would be
leaving for his children to see.  A legacy that his children could look
back and say "That was my father".  It got me to thinking, what would be
the legacy I left for my child.

Leaving Chicago that's all I thought about.  I had to have a  > legacy,
and I had to get started on that legacy now.  What would I do?  How would
i do it? and when?  I didn't have the answer to any of those questions,
but the good thing was that I was thinking about. And as long as I was
thinking about I might as well start acting on it.  Chicago was great to
say the least, but I definitely took a lot more away from it then I had
expected to.  I'll always remember Chicago as the city where my legacy
began.