I find that I am still reflecting on immigration issues after coming back from visiting my family in Switzerland. It was wonderful to come home to friends and family however not without the feeling of grief for all of those that I have left behind. My trips back to Switzerland are focused primarily on visiting with family and I make an effort not to be a "visitor" by engaging in all the small tasks that make up a day such as cleaning, shopping and cooking. It is so nice to be part of the daily life of someone that you love.
It is one of the many reasons why leaving your country is so difficult, missing out on the support and the comfort of loving connections. Renee was so fortunate when she was leaving Montreal as a newly bereaved widow with three young children that she had a close friend that made the decision to leave with her. Mimi and Renee had been friends for years. Mimi was a nurse who left everything behind to accompany Renee to Switzerland where they all lived together in the large home of Renee's mother-in-law.
Mimi would eventually find her own place to live in Geneva where she worked as a Social Worker, primarily in an volunteer capacity. She earned money as a seamstress. Upon her marriage she and her husband moved to the Alps where they built their own chalet.
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