This weekend I was fortunate enough to guest post this on Minnesota Joy's blog, see HERE. Due to the fact that I have changed my blog from the free site to a self hosted blog and this has taken a large amount of time, I am recycling this entry for Tuesday's Just Write, as that … [Read more...]
Equal rights for Citizen A and Citizen Z
If you've kept up to date with my blog or know my story you'll know I am a first generation immigrant who received my green card about 2 weeks ago, after a very long and challenging six years......... I chose to take the long road to receiving my permanent residency in this … [Read more...]
The first time I felt like an IMMIGRANT!!
Well it happened............after being in the United States for 12 years I officially, for the first time, felt like an immigrant!! And this happened AFTER I finally received what I'd being waiting for, for the better part of a decade. This is the story: Back on September 1st, … [Read more...]
have you ever lived outside the country you were born in
Well I'd say that if you know me AT ALL you'd know the answer to the subject line of this blog........DUH!!!! Growing up I honestly never thought I'd leave South Africa, heck I was 17 before I ever sat in a plane and went anywhere. We always drove to our vacations be it Durban, … [Read more...]
please excuse my lesbian 'smoke'
I've been sitting here for a quite a while now trying to figure out how exactly I am going to go about getting this blog started.....and truth be told I'm still kinda sorta stuck so here goes nothing!! I was browsing through my 'tweets' the other day, well more so browsing the … [Read more...]
5000 miles from my home
This is a great article explaining the feelings of immigrants from South Africa. It's really hard to put into words how it feels to miss 'home' when no one understands what 'home' is and why it is you miss the jokes, the country, the people etc. My brother found this article and … [Read more...]
