My apartment was located on the fifth floor of my building so walking up those stairs felt like I was climbing a mountain. ... Later in the year, my family moved to a house in the Bronx. This house has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a back and front yard including a driveway. ...
With the luxury of having everything just a click away on the Internet, television, or telephone, people can virtually live in their house without ever needing to leave-or even move from the couch. ... This is where creativity and motivational strategies come into play-how are you going to get on overweight person to the gym, when you can't even get them to take the stairs? ...
Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog, had written in reference to immigrants in America, "Dat's what they say of this cauntry back home, Kath: 'America, the land of milk and honey.' ... When Rose first arrived in America with her family, all she had were a few belongings and an address to her Uncle Patrick's house, which he lived in with his family that included two step daughters, his son, and his wife. ... I finally reached our building and ran up the stairs. ...
