I recently watched a documentary about Canadians who had been used by someone they fell in love with to gain Canadian citizenship. There was one story that was particularly touching: this Canadian woman had really immersed herself in her spouse’s country and culture, having her wedding there with very few of her family in attendance. [...]
When you immigrate to a different country, you have three choices when it comes to how you interact with your new environment: immerse yourself completely in your new surroundings and culture, and adopt it as your new way of life immerse yourself in your new culture but cling to those aspects of your own culture [...]
I so appreciate the comments received on the last entry on infidelity. I started responding to each one but there was so much repetition in my responses that it’s probably best to address the comments in an entry. I’ll do that later this week. Today I wanted to follow up on the entry I wrote [...]
This week I’m thankful that my friend Camryn and her husband got their papers to immigrate to Canada! I cannot wait to see her in the spring. Well, I mean I can’t wait to meet her! We’ve known each other for over six years but we met online. Almost immediately she referred to me as [...]
This is a slightly sensitive topic for people on both sides of the issue, and I want those of you who are based “back home” who have never exhibited any of the following behaviour or who fully understand what I’m saying to please rest assured that this entry is not at all written to you. [...]
Here’s a great article on what immigrant parents go through. That is exactly what my parents deal with all the time. A friend of mine has a plan to be able to support her parents in a few years’ time and I had already been thinking of how I can accomplish the same thing myself. [...]
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