On Becoming American

by Calla Jones Corner

March 17th, 1995, Richard, my British born husband became an American citizen. We had been living in the States since 1988, when we moved here from Europe, where we had lived since 1967. As I am an American and a job change for Richard was in the works, so the U.S. seemed the logical choice of future abode. Our decision was also helped by the fact that …