I was born in Utrecht (the Netherlands). I did not choose this, just as I had no say in the moves my family and I made to the USA and France in the following years. At five years old, I sat on the kitchen counter of our house in the Netherlands, with my legs dangling and a pear in my hands. I announced "I don't feel at home anymore" as I watched how my mother carefully placed our belongings in boxes around me.
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