Larry Sanders (brother of Bernie) addressing Democrats Abroad in Edinburgh
Have you ever experienced that feeling of being far away from home, in another country or on another continent, during an important family holiday? And how it teaches appreciation for your close ones, even with the little holiday things you used to hate? And then the brief, but oh-so-real, joy of the 5-minute Skype call, you on one end, and all of them on the other?
For well over 200,000 Americans, the UK is their permanent or temporary abode. And whether we choose to call it home or a stop, there is no escaping the fact that the place where it all started is back across the ocean, somewhere in a Midwestern town, sun-scorched suburbs of the Southwest, or an anonymous street in the Big Apple.
