As I walked off the boat full of dirty tired passengers, I realized I was just as dirty and tired of the rest of 'em. I followed my parents as they walked off the boat and onto the new world known as America.

America. What a word. It sounded so wild, so free. I couldn't imagine a more suitable home for a wild Irish girl like myself. Though, looking around the docks, I couldn't see how this was any different than the seaport I left on.