Keep going! Keep working - especially when you don't see the horizon of the result or when someone tells you it's unreachable and impossible - that's the exact moment you need to stand up tall and not let the demons knock you down. This is what happened to me last month - I finally met parents again after 18.5 years of separation! I finally hugged my mom and dad after being apart for 18,5 years. I finally was able to cross that US border with my greencard in hand and go fly to Thailand to my beloved best people on earth to hug them and spend the best week of my life with my one and only MOM and DAD. Weeks before that happened I was told by a congressman office that they cannot approve the expedited request of issuing of my greencard. I did not stop there - I couldn't, this furious girl wrote many letters and made physical visits to these people to reiterate that it's been 18.5 years since I last saw my family, spent holidays and birthdays together. 18.5 years. 18.5 years since they've been holding my immigration case for no reason at all. And on December 24, 2024 I could finally say "Happy Birthday" to my dad in person and hug him. This is the type of battle that noone could understand and feel but my parents and I went thru it and I am immensely grateful to them that I could see and hug them... Alive.
Keep going! Keep working - especially when you don't see the horizon of the result or when someone tells you it's unreachable and impossible - that's the exact moment you need to stand up tall and not let the demons knock you down. This is what happened to me last month - I finally met parents again after 18.5 years of separation! I finally hugged my mom and dad after being apart for 18,5 years. I finally was able to cross that US border with my greencard in hand and go fly to Thailand to my beloved best people on earth to hug them and spend the best week of my life with my one and only MOM and DAD. Weeks before that happened I was told by a congressman office that they cannot approve the expedited request of issuing of my greencard. I did not stop there - I couldn't, this furious girl wrote many letters and made physical visits to these people to reiterate that it's been 18.5 years since I last saw my family, spent holidays and birthdays together. 18.5 years. 18.5 years since they've been holding my immigration case for no reason at all. And on December 24, 2024 I could finally say "Happy Birthday" to my dad in person and hug him. This is the type of battle that noone could understand and feel but my parents and I went thru it and I am immensely grateful to them that I could see and hug them... Alive.