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home made me sad. Lights from windows blinked, and I hoped someone would
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from one of those homes to invite me inside with a Christmas tree decorated with shiny fake snow and
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presents.
At a market, I felt more
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when people were buying lots of goods, which
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the gifts we received as children in my mind. I missed my family and wanted to cry for wanting to be alone and for having achieved it.
Outside the church, a manger(小耶稣) had been set
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. I stood with others watching the scene, some of them
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themselves, praying. As I walked home, I realized that leaving Brazil was still a
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experience as I struggled with what I had become in 15 years in America. I'd mourned the
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, but for the first time, I recognized what I’d gained. I was independent,
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and healthy. My life was still ahead, full of
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.
Sometimes the best gift is the one that you give yourself. That Christmas, I gave myself
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for what I'd obtained up to now and promise to go forward. It is the best gift I've ever got, the one that I most
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