Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

Welcome home.

I'm Dr. Tama, a minister, licensed psychologist and sacred artist, and this is Homecoming,

a podcast to facilitate your journey home to yourself.

While I will provide weekly inspiration and mental health tips, this podcast is not a substitute

for therapy.

I'm so excited you're on the journey.

If you want to request specific topics or share your progress, email me at homecoming

podcast at gmail.com.

So after you listen, be sure to like, subscribe, and share.

Let's begin.

Welcome home co-journers.

I'm glad you're here for another episode of Homecoming and I'm glad we have a poem to

share on today.

If you're new to the Homecoming podcast, I would love for you to write a poem about your journey

and send it to me at Homecoming Podcasts at gmail.com so I can share it with our community

of co-journers.

And today's poem comes from Andrea Campos, who shares in their letter that they are

first generation, Afro-Peruvian, an immigrant born to black and white Peruvian parents.

And this is significant as it relates to the poem, so I wanted you to have that background.

And Andrea's poem is called Home.

It's weird growing up in a place you weren't born, citizen of a country I don't remember,

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