𝗠𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗹…
He was born in Spain and arrived in Brazil age 5 with his parents after the second world war
Dead poor…😥
When I told him I was going to move to Spain at 21 years old…
He didn’t like it…😡
In his mind, he didn’t want me to be an immigrant as he was…
But I was determined to leave Brazil and at 21 years old,
I saved up my own money…
Got my Spanish passport together and left…
With all the money I could save…
Which wasn’t much but it was mine…
𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟰 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀…
Starting all over again…
As immigrant I had to overcome a thing or 2….
People frowning at you when you are trying to speak their language…
People treating you differently because you are not from their country…
Making yourself look silly when you are trying to explain something complex for the first time in a different language
Trying to explain my emotions in a foreign languages
I learned Spanish, French and Dutch too (when I was living in Belgium)
Because as an immigrant I thought it was my responsibility to adapt and integrate…
I wanted to fit in…
𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙄 𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙡 𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩…
𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙧𝙪𝙣 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙄 𝙠𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙤 “𝙛𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣”
𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 “𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝” 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 “𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣”
As human beings we all want to fit in and feel we belong…
Part of my healing was to walk back to myself and find that sense of belonging…
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱…
𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩
𝘵𝘩𝘦 ‘𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨” 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙…
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙤𝙛 “𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡” 𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙
𝘼𝙨 𝙄 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜…
𝙏𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚, 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙠👇🏼
PS: My healing journey had many layers and finding a sense of belonging was one of them.