After school I took all the kids to Teoman's buddy Mina's house. It's been almost two weeks because her mom was in DC - it looks like they will be moving there at the end of the school year. My American friend, who has a Turkish husband, worked at my old school with me for year, was pregnant with me, and had her daughter two weeks after mine. My friend who is my neighbor and we regularly visit and play with since Teoman and Mina were infants - seems to be packing up and leaving. They are looking at homes in DC. Rentals around $5000 a month. Homes running at a million. I'm not exactly clear what his job his - but I know it will pay well. A rich life in Turkey and a rich life in DC look very different.
She said once to me that everyone's always leaving her here. Now she's the one leaving. And our kids might be a bit heart broken. I don't think they understand what it means.
People sometimes ask if we'll ever go back, and I usually say that if a company sponsors Tolga with a job and a move, we would take it. It's unlikely, but anything other than that America is a very different kind of hard, but still hard.
But then again, there's always the possibility of refugee status.
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