Comments on: Assimilation: It’s a process

By: Leisa Hammett

Leisa Hammett — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:42:12 +0000

Carrie it was good to see you at the gym today. This is a nice post. I especially like the last sentence. Thank you for writing this. Best,

By: Carrie-in-TN

Carrie-in-TN — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:42:37 +0000

Thank you everybody for the nice words and good wishes for la familia…
They are doing very well, considering how completely foreign and bizarre the process of assimilation is…
I know they are going to do even better when the whole of their immediate family is here.
We all will.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:22:48 +0000

Great post. I have been checking every day – anxiously waiting to hear how they are doing. Glad they are doing well. I am from Puerto Rico and my family has a lot of friends with similar stories of leaving Cuba with only the clothes on their backs. I look forward to hearing more when the time is right. Thanks for sharing!

By: Tammy and Rob

Tammy and Rob — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:17:12 +0000

So glad to hear they are settling in Carrie! May the Lord's hand continue to be in the midst of all they have to do to achieve freedom here.
Thanks for keeping us updated on such a personal issue, hopefully it opens many eyes to what our gente goes through…

By: Balou

Balou — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:36:27 +0000

awesome post, Carrie.

By: Handel

Handel — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:49:03 +0000

That is great to hear that your family is slowly but surely coming over here the the states. I wish that more states would be as receptive to immigrants from all countries. It saddens me to see the way the immigrants are looked here in our state vs. the way they are treated in South Florida.