A Tourist, Traveling Alone in a Foreign Country

Years ago, while participating in a writing group, we students were asked to write about and share a metaphor that would describe our life. Some people shared common metaphors — such as a butterfly, or a seashell, or a diamond. For my metaphor, I chose “A Tourist, traveling alone in a foreign country.”

The person I chose to share this with looked at me quizzically, and then said…