One minute Simon and I were children of the 50s and 60s and now what seems like a mere handful of years later, a half a century has passed and although we don’t feel particularly ancient, the heroes of our yout
Despite having a very compassionate spirit, I admittedly minimized his struggle. I’d make comments to him like “Well you’re here now.” And “You made it! Look at all that you’ve accomplished.” Comments that did nothing to honor the pain that came with immigration. Maybe I had a ...