08/04/2025
Just read a perspective on immigration that stopped me:
how the expectation to live well in a new country is so high.
And how so many of us work endlessly to uphold that image.
But leaving your country is never just about leaving.
It’s about what we carry.
We carry survival
the lessons our families drilled into us.
We carry silence
what we mistook for strength.
We carry fear
that dreaming too big might cost us everything.
We don’t just leave countries.
We carry them.
Everywhere.
