It’s been a day where my heart and mind are heavy. 

Amidst the stress of trying to figure out how to make a living and adapting to a new country, I awoke to the news of a tumor being found in my father. The biopsy for it is a few days away to find out if it is cancerous. 

I didn’t know how to react to that news as my father and I have not been close since I was a child. We differ greatly in just about every single one of our beliefs and that has caused my family and I to be distant for most of my adult life. 

It was in the afternoon that I finally broke down and cried. My heart is so heavy with the weight of life right now.