My Island

Milton Ocasio was born in Puerto Rico and has lived in Fitchburg, Mass. for the last ten years or so. When I met him on the beach in Ponce, he was in the middle of a 2 week trip back home, he had not been back in a decade. When he was talking about why he missed Puerto Rico, he told me, that for him, there was no other paradise on Earth. "This is my island......" he said. "....My Island!!! Ya'll can visit, but it's MINE!" It was wonderful to see someone so appreciative of anywhere in the world, especially when it's home.