When my family dropped me off at Howard University back in August 2003 I cried. Hard. My first time without them and I was going to be so far away. Like a whole hours’ drive (an hour and a half in traffic). Emotional roller coaster. How small my world had been then (e.g. BAL – WAS = 40mi, BAL – NYC = 192mi, BAL – LON = 3628mi, BAL – HKG = 8121mi). Sidebar: I grew up in the same house as my mother. I’m 3rd generation Baltimorean on both sides and my idea of family extends to g