Where one grows up is like a lottery. As a young student surrounded by other kids from the same cookie cutter suburb on Long Island, I wondered how cultural, national and local identity shapes who we are, and if our environment compelled us to become. What if he had found his way to Ukraine, or South Africa or Palestine? Who would I be now? Click here to know more about the history of this project. Grinkiskis, Skuodas district, Lithuania.

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March 29, 2010 by loriguertin. It was supposed to be a day of family friends and loved ones celebrating with us. Celebrating the loving family, for you are all family to me, that has surrounded us with so much love and encouragement.