Friday, June 11, 2010

Don't Blink!

Well, life does seem to change rapidly!

In a couple months, there have been some changes in my life.

I am in a relationship which brings its own joys and challenges.

Being the social worker that I am and a completely unique and stubborn person, I had to allow a person to come into my life and bring a new set of complications.

Don't get me wrong, him as himself doesn't complicate my life. I am mostly happy. However, he is Latino. So, all you have to do is turn on the news or click on an online news story to know what complications have entered into my life.

I am using the word complications loosely here.

I have been interested in immigrant issues since moving to Ann Arbor. My apartment complex is probably about 60 to 70 percent Latino in its occupants with a good majority not fluent in English. There is a large Latino immigrant community in my area.

So, when I recently entered into a relationship with a foregin-born Latino man, this pushed me to be more involved.

I have a feeling that I will be doing a lot of posting on immigration issues particular to Latinos.

If you are interested in more information, please feel free to send me a message. There are a couple of blogs I am following who have experienced immigration issues first hand in their families and relationships.