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Once upon a time in a land far far away…

A human being will be born…

But no ordinary human being…

Because this human being will not be born on earth…

This child will be born on Mars…

Or the Moon…

Or on a spacecraft headed into deep space…

And while these children of the future may not be born on earth…

Are they are still earthlings?

At first there will be nationalism no doubt…

The first American born on the mars…

The first Chinese citizen born on the moon…

The first half Mongolian half Swedish twins born on the Starship deGrasse Tyson.

And, regardless of what we think,

or even what the first South Africa-born Canadian-American father to a child born on Mars thinks…

It will ultimately be up to them…

those children born off earth…

To decide what their native home is…

and if history has shown us anything,

and it has,

it has also shown us that people move on from places of origin…

They take root in new locations and new traditions with such ease…

That it would be hard to imagine the children born in these places to call anywhere else home…

And speaking of home,

welcome back,

wherever you may be,

hang your hat,

put on your thinking slippers,