Congrats, you were brave enough to get up and leave. You followed your dream, or chased an ideal; nevertheless you arrived to another country. Your journey wasn't smooth, new language, new culture, new ideology, new everything; but you made it.
Through sheer determination, got into school, got employed, built a career and a family. If you were lucky, your children knew the language of your homeland, could talk to their grandparents, your parents. When you left, you did not think the day would come when you would have to make a decision.
Your are in your late forties, early fifties with elderly parents and a nagging conscience. They are there, you are here. What do you do? They didn't come when they were younger, because life was good back then. They were satisfied with the occasional visits, marveled by the consumer paradise they saw, but it was not home. No matter how many times you tried to convince them, they did not budge.
Now, you may only have a mom or a dad. He or she is alone, facing illness or declining physical and/or mental capabilities. If you are fortunate you have siblings who stayed and can take care of them. What if you are an only child?
You are in no man's land now, pulled between your past and present. You want to be a good kid, but how?
The Immigrant's Dilemma, go or let go?
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