One left home, traveled across the seas to study, then to study further. He found a job in a city. There, he met his love. They held hands and moved across the seas, to a third and neutral place, together. Both landed as strangers in a new world; their separate pasts and ideas packed into their suitcases, brought in tow. Together, they maneuver what it means to live there as they create a new path for themselves and their children.
The other left home, traveled across the seas, to study, then to study further. He found a job in a city. There, he met his love. They held hands and moved across the seas, back to what used to be his home, together. No doubt he returned a changed man, and she had packed her past and ideas into her suitcase and brought it along to make a new home, with him. Together, they maneuver what it means to live there as they create a new path for themselves and their children.
Who is to say one is braver or better than the other, or one is right and the other wrong.
Natasha Devalia 