Emotional Journey to Maple Wonderland
An immigrant mom trying hard to put all the pieces of the puzzle together .
It was 4:30 in the morning and my alarm clock started telling me that it’s time to start along awaited journey to my future homeland- Canada. My emotional journey to the maple wonderland begins on the March 5th 2013.
It was three months back when we received our Canadian permanent resident visa and since that day we were counting the days. My husband has already left for the maple wonderland a month ago with hopes of finding everything which we couldn’t in our native country Pakistan.
I got my boys 7 and 3 at that time and headed towards the airport. My parents accompanied me to the airport who were very sad because of my decision of moving abroad.
Being the eldest child, I always stayed close to my parents. After getting married I had the choice of living closer to them.
I was working full time as a creative professional and my parents were working as acting parents for my kids. Boys were source of joy for them and was keeping them busy throughout the day.
Back at the airport the environment was very emotional. Leaving my parents behind was very tough for me. My kids were looking at me as if they wanted this drill to end and go back home. Somewhere in my mind I was thinking the same thing but the excitement to meet my husband after 1 month was overpowering.
After 13 hours of long flight we landed at the Toronto Pearson airport. The maple wonderland was all covered with snow. Giant pieces of barren land. I felt out of home and lonely the minute I stepped out of the plane. At that moment i had no idea that this loneliness will be my friend for the rest of my life in Canada.
