by Barbara Zarzosa | Jun 28, 2017 | Telling our stories
What I remember is that my mother came in my room and woke me saying she heard glass breaking outside. I was a little groggy trying to grasp what she was saying. Then I heard it too. It was like a window breaking and the glass falling to the ground. It was real...
by Barbara Zarzosa | Jun 21, 2017 | Telling our stories
We were inseparable, just like in Louisa May Alcott’s classic tale, Little Women. But then one of us got sick — and the storyline changed. Read more of Chris Deacon’s story here.
by Barbara Zarzosa | Jun 14, 2017 | Telling our stories
Following the CBC’s call out for immigration stories, they heard from people who were long settled, newly arrived and still waiting. Their inbox was flooded with stories of gratitude and joy, but also of anguish and anger. Read the stories here.
by Barbara Zarzosa | Jun 7, 2017 | Telling our stories
The proverbial immigrant journey is all too familiar to Joel Sacke. In fact, not many immigrants would have gone through the struggles that he faced, and kept going. Read more of his experience here.
by Barbara Zarzosa | May 31, 2017 | Telling our stories
I sat by my father’s hospital bed. The sun was setting, its reflection on the river poetic in its raw beauty. We sat quietly. He seemed so far away as he stared into space. I knew then he had lost the will to live. When I commented on the beauty of the sunset he...
by Barbara Zarzosa | May 24, 2017 | Telling our stories
America was, America is, America will always be a red tulip in my heart. It was the year 1947, and the first time I spoke to a man who walked on American soil. In his old days, he returned to his old nest, just like the birds who fly home. He recounted a remarkably...
