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anyway, my love for Cleveland is still going strong, i still think it is the best place on earth and i
am still a staunch defender of the honor of my city. i will be posting more as things start to evolve and take shape in my life in Cleveland. i think i am in a transitional period in my life, much like the city itself is changing.
around this time last year i was on the edge of ohio city, somewhere around w. 103rd, buying a chair from a little hole-in-the wall junk shop, and as i was leaving the store with my $5 dollar chair (i paid for it completely in quarters) a gentleman in the shop stopped me.
"you just moved back, didn't you?" he said
now, i was buying a chair, which may have been a dead give away, but people do buy chairs, even when they are not in the process of moving,
"i did" i replied, somewhat shocked, i didn't know this guy, i had never seen him before in my life.
"you are surrounded by the people that you need with you." he continued "you missed it here, didn't you?"
i was literally dumbfounded, do i ooze my love of cleveland from my pores? could he smell it on me? i choked up and stammered,
"yes, yes i do, i love it here, cleveland is my home."
"well, welcome back, this is where you belong."
my eyes were full of tears, but i was smiling, " i know"
i wanted to drop my chair and hug him, but i was practically sobbing with happiness.
i gave him a huge smile and walked out onto the street with my chair.
i haven't been back to that shop in the last year, but i am sure it is still there, and i swear this story is true, every word of it. it's proof that i love my city and it loves me back.
