As a 9th grader, on the first day at a new school, I had a teacher that gave us all blank sheets of paper and asked us to draw something that means something to us. I remember (maybe because of a lack of confidence in my drawing abilities, but perhaps not) I just wrote the word "Zingas" in big bold letters.

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Family — the Zingas family — means as much to my cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents as it does to me. What does Papou mean to my family?