Away From Home For The Holidays
The most significant yet unrecognized price of migration.
As I prepare to celebrate Christmas with my family in Canada, for yet another year I can’t help but feel the weight of being away from my home country of Peru during the holiday season.
I’ve lived in Canada for almost 30 years and I’ve been so fortunate to have had the privilege of visiting home when it was possible for my parents, and more often when I became a mother. For me, it is so important to share my experiences of Christmas back home with my daughter and for her to live the magic of family and community. From the Christmas display and manger that is built by neighbours every year with so much love and care in front of the park at my grandparents’ home to the rush of Christmas Eve at the grocery store or neighbourhood mercado to get last minute items for an evening feast, these are all elements that make Christmas feel so real in my heart.
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