Old Country Quote by Michael W. Twitty

“When I got back home I told my grandmother everything, detail by detail, and she savored it. I had been to the old country. 'I used to love the crepe myrtles and camellias. You don't see those anywhere like Alabama.' She didn't cry, she didn't look wistful; she turned her head and changed the…” quote by Michael W. Twitty — Download Open image

““When I got back home I told my grandmother everything, detail by detail, and she savored it. I had been to the old country. 'I used to love the crepe myrtles and camellias. You don't see those anywhere like Alabama.' She didn't cry, she didn't look wistful; she turned her head and changed the subject. Once she left Alabama, she never went back. The heart of Dixie was her Poland.””

Michael W. Twitty

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