I have been working for almost 20 years on research, policies and public programs to support immigrant integration. And I wonder what opportunities and hardships await for newcomers to Canada in 2019 compared with my grandparents in 1900? If they could speak with each other across the ages, what hopes and dreams would they share?
Eyes move forward
… the spirit stirs within.
Hopes release from our hearts
… not knowing that something good will happen
but that something good can happen.
Dreams
funny things fuzzy things
… real things.
Emotions jumble and tumble to the surface
… scramble to get out
exciting arresting bracing
Motioning toward a place we’ve never seen
toward an experience we’ve never encountered
… a small lump lingers in the throat.
Life anew
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… there is no going back.
Cultivating a new home
with new hopes and new dreams
… courage, integrity and perseverance – tools for survival.
Pioneer gifts and legacies
… life, laughter, disappointments, devotion
Loving and letting go, and
Never losing sight of never losing hope.
KIM V WALKER 