I don ’ t think I fully understood the meaning of community until my husband and I moved to Marathon about a year and a half ago . He and I both grew up in what I used to consider small towns – San Angelo and College Station , respectively – and didn ’ t really appreciate the efforts of the institutions that connect the people who live there and make those places special . After graduating high school , I immediately moved to Boston to fulfill my cliché teenage dream of getting out and ( at long last !) finding some culture .

BY MARY BETH SCHAEFER

Cenizo Winter 2024