Those who émigré (emigrated) to live in another country know the meaning of the title of the article.

I am sure that no one took in consideration the tragedy of been apart from their love ones; those who packed their belongings in a pair of suitcases not only brought to the new country clothing, they brought pieces of a happy life depicted in pictures of birthdays, weddings or in letters from friends, boyfriend or perhaps a girlfriend in other words happy times, but also brought willingness to start all over again no matter if they were lawyers, doctors, receptionists, or whatever was their occupation. All became one social status, with no titles or jobs.

Ours is a country of immigrants

Also that separation from parents and other family members besides friends broke the family in two; no more event celebrations together.

The father or for instance grandma will not be able to enjoy or see their son or grandson grow leaving a sense of separation, agony and remorse for those who emigrated.

Happy are those who can call their families every week, share pictures and events through emails or letters, but for many that are in minimum wages, struggling to survive from job to job is a constant pain in their hearts not to know about their love ones.

The worst of those situations is a person who left his country alone and with the hope to have a good job that will allow him to save money, so he can send it back to his family, sin order for them to eat, have a roof over their heads or perhaps buy a piece of land.

He is alone, no friends from his barrio, no family only the new friends his making in his job or his church where he goes and pray every Sunday to have a better live.

Those who choose to live in another country for whatever reason they don’t have a sense of belonging; they don’t have points of reference in their new city meaning buildings, plazas or monuments that at some point in live was the background of a family event or an engagement celebration. They need to integrate with the new community and merge with the fabric of the city so they can start building that sense of belonging.

I will encourage those who made it to give a hand to their fellow countrymen and for the existing citizens have compassion and welcome them to your country.

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