{"id":154,"date":"2022-05-12T16:29:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T20:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/?p=154"},"modified":"2022-05-31T10:54:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:54:31","slug":"leaving-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/leaving-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaving Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><em style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">by Ashley Moxo &#8217;25<\/em><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"mep_0\" class=\"mejs-container wp-audio-shortcode mejs-audio\" role=\"application\" aria-label=\"Audio Player\">\n<div class=\"mejs-inner\">\n<div class=\"mejs-controls\">\n<div class=\"mejs-button mejs-volume-button mejs-mute\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-154-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/825\/2022\/05\/Leaving-Home.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/825\/2022\/05\/Leaving-Home.mp3\">https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/825\/2022\/05\/Leaving-Home.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mejs-horizontal-volume-total\">\n<div class=\"mejs-horizontal-volume-current\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Best heard with high volume with earphones.<\/p>\n<p><em>Translation<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Hello, mom?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I\u2019m okay.<\/p>\n<p>No, it&#8217;s not too cold.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, mom \u2026 I\u2019m okay.<\/p>\n<p>I love you, mom.\u00a0 Bye.<\/p>\n<p><em>Background<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>My parents immigrated to the U.S. almost 20 years ago. During my time here at Smith, I often think of them. While it was hard to get adjusted to this new environment, I wonder how much harder it was for them to leave home forever and move to a new country with different customs and language.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ashley Moxo &#8217;25 &nbsp; Best heard with high volume with earphones. Translation: Hello, mom? Yeah, I\u2019m okay. No, it&#8217;s not too cold. Yes, mom \u2026 I\u2019m okay. I love you, mom.\u00a0 Bye. Background: My parents immigrated to the U.S. almost 20 years ago. During my time here at Smith, I often think of them.&hellip;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/leaving-home\/\" class=\"button\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Leaving Home<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3782,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-genres-sound-stories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":577,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/writers-on-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}