Lucena: An Immigrant’s Homecoming

A young immigrant’s return to his home country dealing with the guilt and shame of leaving.

Lucena. Photo by author.

Exhausted. I felt very exhausted after the grueling 24+ hour trip from Los Angeles to Manila, Philippines. My mom and I actually had to stop in Taiwan for about nine hours for a connecting flight. I’ve never slept in those airport seats before but it was…