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Gift Giving

Paying back or paying forward: What does it mean to give?

July 1, 2019June 30, 2019 / Kylie Wong Dolan / Leave a comment

I was lucky to have Mexican friends to put me up, ferry me around, shower me with food and attention, without asking for a thing in return. It wasn’t long, however, before their hospitality began to overwhelm me. I felt compelled to return the generosity in whatever meagre way I could – and hamstrung by my inability to do so.

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