I didn’t get to see the Liberty Bell made of Wheat, but I stumbled upon this sight all the way out in Gallup, New Mexico, while wandering around a Cracker Barrel:
It was Ryan Howard on the cover of some Topps baseball cards! Why was I so excited? Because it was “home.”
Although I didn’t feel homesick, I did feel very out of place. New Mexico felt like a foreign country to me. I was in the middle of the southwestern desert, a fish out of water, but there was one of the Philadelphia Phillies smiling at me. There was my little piece of home in a far away place.
And driving out of Roswell, I found a Pennsylvania Avenue. It’s the little things.
When you are a long way from home, no matter how much fun you are having, it’s nice to see pieces of your own identity.
