tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post7496384735320744900..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Words for Wednesday - April 10th, 2019Wisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-41502793442942373352019-04-11T23:42:34.031-02:302019-04-11T23:42:34.031-02:30So very very difficult for those who suffer so muc...So very very difficult for those who suffer so much in their destroyed countries. Can't even imagine losing everything familiar, family, landscapes, dwellings, schools. Nowhere to visit and reminisce.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-78247185401091180192019-04-11T23:41:14.310-02:302019-04-11T23:41:14.310-02:30It was said to me when I arrived to Canada first. ...It was said to me when I arrived to Canada first. And the sweetest words are always when I come back to Newfoundland from being away and customs simply say: "welcome home" and I start to cry.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-69905219162175381672019-04-11T23:39:33.315-02:302019-04-11T23:39:33.315-02:30It is brilliantly done, MoW, showing the lawyer...It is brilliantly done, MoW, showing the lawyer's lives, the adjudicators lives and the immigrants' lives as well. I love how she knits it all together. <br /><br />XO<br />WWW Wisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-17354685327551082952019-04-11T17:08:51.358-02:302019-04-11T17:08:51.358-02:30Oh - great ending, WWW! Awakening from her real l...Oh - great ending, WWW! Awakening from her real life nightmare to warmth, light and humanity! Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-79104779532840368802019-04-11T13:22:46.689-02:302019-04-11T13:22:46.689-02:30Wow, "welcome to Canada." Those words m...Wow, "welcome to Canada." Those words must have been very sweet to hear.gigihawaiihttp://gigihawaii.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-506495029989799272019-04-11T12:20:48.191-02:302019-04-11T12:20:48.191-02:30That sounds like an interesting book! Glad I stopp...That sounds like an interesting book! Glad I stopped by.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-67262767391923006822019-04-11T11:31:20.358-02:302019-04-11T11:31:20.358-02:30We truly can't imagine what it's like livi...We truly can't imagine what it's like living for weeks in a glorified tin can with a bucket for waste and no washing facilities and minimum food. Traumatizing.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-52545856562114726632019-04-11T11:30:16.572-02:302019-04-11T11:30:16.572-02:30So many refugees in the world EC, it is truly horr...So many refugees in the world EC, it is truly horrendous, war torn, no water, starvation, danger. Canada is not a perfect country by any means but kinder to refugees I believe.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-47830030581844355582019-04-11T11:28:46.417-02:302019-04-11T11:28:46.417-02:30Oh my goodness River! I had no idea. I too was an ...Oh my goodness River! I had no idea. I too was an immigrant, processed through Halifax but the pre-approval had been done in Dublin so no hassles of any kind just welcome.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-89842019670942427272019-04-11T11:27:30.197-02:302019-04-11T11:27:30.197-02:30Me too, I think so :)
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WWWMe too, I think so :)<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-71455912428329215782019-04-11T11:27:12.565-02:302019-04-11T11:27:12.565-02:30I know Annie. I worked with a Vietnamese "Boa...I know Annie. I worked with a Vietnamese "Boat person" in Toronto, it took her years to sort everything out. She'd been held in a dreadful camp in Singapore where her mother died. Hong was 12 when her dad took her and her 2 sisters on a floating hell of a boat but they made it. And so many unheralded heroes covered expenses for them. <br />I met hers, he was a millionaire who did all this work anonymously and hired Vietnamese in his company along with language instructors. You'd never have suspected he was that kind of person by his demeanour. I'm sure there are many out there like him. Gives me faith in the human race.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-25332756532159488392019-04-11T04:14:46.076-02:302019-04-11T04:14:46.076-02:30Oh, It brought tears to my eyes. It sounds so like...Oh, It brought tears to my eyes. It sounds so like what I have heard from the "boat people". So well written.Charlotte (MotherOwl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01059356989361649639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-8307665714513172302019-04-11T03:33:39.409-02:302019-04-11T03:33:39.409-02:30How I wish my country was as welcoming to 'boa...How I wish my country was as welcoming to 'boat people'. Your story fills me (again) with shame.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-70962601643910686102019-04-11T00:55:38.758-02:302019-04-11T00:55:38.758-02:30I hope her notes survive and eventually some or al...I hope her notes survive and eventually some or all of her family can be found. I wish I had been old enough to remember some part of my time in an immigration camp.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-86751177602660249672019-04-10T23:45:55.661-02:302019-04-10T23:45:55.661-02:30Hope there new life works out.
Coffee is onHope there new life works out.<br />Coffee is onpeppylady (Dora)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01649272822470007714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-7982245772969125402019-04-10T23:45:08.752-02:302019-04-10T23:45:08.752-02:30So few who board those boats have a happy ending. ...So few who board those boats have a happy ending. Bittersweet story, she is one of the lucky ones but she has lost so much!Anniehttp://mzodell.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-59031098867899324492019-04-10T22:22:43.068-02:302019-04-10T22:22:43.068-02:30We can't even imagine. And leaving so much dea...We can't even imagine. And leaving so much death and destruction behind.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-63668182230715355272019-04-10T22:22:12.786-02:302019-04-10T22:22:12.786-02:30Thank you Christine!
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WWWThank you Christine!<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-44223977174747571802019-04-10T22:02:04.113-02:302019-04-10T22:02:04.113-02:30Oh, what a day that must be, to finally find shelt...Oh, what a day that must be, to finally find shelter after fleeing hardship and war.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-78891106210150086052019-04-10T21:20:02.488-02:302019-04-10T21:20:02.488-02:30This is so uplifting and hopeful, thanks for shari...This is so uplifting and hopeful, thanks for sharing!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720030744345215307noreply@blogger.com