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When family reunification leads to unexpected grief

I finally saved enough to bring my elderly father here but after six months he sits by the window all day and says he wants to die where he understands the birds and I do not know if I made a terrible mistake.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The heartbreak of realizing that physical proximity cannot bridge the cultural and emotional distance that migration creates across generations.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Belonging for immigrants and refugees?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.