Tag: Immigration
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Planning My Wedding 3 Years After Getting Married
Last night I dreamed that it was time for me to walk down the aisle, but I couldn’t find my mascara and I wasn’t ready yet. All the guests were assembled, standing in front of their rows of white chairs on the lawn of the small vineyard, peering around expectantly. (more…)
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The Bravery of Our Past Selves
I was going to write about something else today but my self-of-one-year-ago kept popping up so I decided to write about her instead. R and I have gone through such a major transition – moving from Jordan to the US – in the last year that time feels very weird. (more…)
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What Immigration Forms Don’t Capture About Love & Marriage
December 2020-Amman, Jordan It is morning again. The sun is mercifully warm enough, for December, when I sit directly in it. There are only two times I can feel warm in a day: when sitting in the morning sun, next to my husband who’s wearing his blue pajamas, looking for (more…)
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Your Husband or Your Home
Woburn, MA – May 2020 As I wrote last week, at the end of 2019 I moved back to the US after living in Jordan for four years. I moved in with my sister and other housemates in Medford, MA, a suburb of Boston. About two months later, I married (more…)
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