Tag: Immigration
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Back to Our Roots
In a holiday season that had more screen time than years past thanks to hunkering down for the COVID-19 virus, I recently sat to fold laundry and turned on the TV while my kids were busy in other parts of the house. I pecked around, wanting something that I could enjoy without having to pay…
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A Letter to America
America… You’re growing up. The freedoms that you fought for and baked into your inception have invited a diversity that has never before been seen anywhere else on the planet.
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The Language of the Sigh
My mom had a sigh. It came from the depths of her soul and whenever she used it, you could feel the weight of it as she exhaled. I hated it when she used her sigh on me. It was usually her response to my complaints about any number of things. How one of my…
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Finding Home
The waiting room of the US embassy in Guatemala holds the fate of two families.
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My Family’s Immigration Stories
Today, at a long red light, I’m scrolling Facebook and I see the headline, “Woman Ran Over Girl Because She was ‘A Mexican’, in the New York Times. I was coming back from picking up a Christmas present for my husband, listening to the Holly station on the radio, singing along to the music. But…
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