Going Home

This weekend I am going home… Back to the hood of things…so to speak… I left my hometown thirty years ago… Never to return…not really… I have always visited… When my mom was ill… I was there sometimes weekly… But the prodigal daughter… Never really returned… Every now and then… Someone would see me and say… “Girl where you been…Mars?” I would always smile….saying… “Almost” The biggest compliment was always… “You are still the same…” I loved hearing that… But this weekend… With my three books in hand… I am going home…. Ocala’s Own acVernon Menchan… What will it all mean? If anything… I really don’t know… But it’s time… No matter how far we stray… What we may do… The day will come… When we all return home… It’s necessary…. Ocala African American Arts Festival – May 4-6 acVernon Menchan