Hot Type: Being Braver Than We Want to Be

Hot Type: Being Braver Than We Want to Be

In 1969, when I was five years old, I traveled with my parents to Czechoslovakia. It was the same year my parents became proud US citizens. It was the same year humans landed on the moon. I recall making party favors for their citizenship celebration, using tie-dye bouncing balls that I painted to mirror the moon, attaching little astronaut figures holding American flags.I remember the noticeable difference between the land where my father was b…