today marks 18 full years since me and my dad left the philippines to reunite with my mom in boston, ma.

i was only two years old when i left home, but i still have many memories of all the hardships my mom and dad had to go through to get to where they are right now. i’m very proud of them.

still, there are many days where i wish i could have grown up back home. many days where i wish i could be with my cousins and watch them grow up. am i bad ate for being far away? i really hope not.

US imperialism has driven n continues to drive many of our ppl out of the philippines to the point that our biggest export is considered to be labor. considered to be ppl.
they don’t like to say it, but i know my parents miss home everyday.
that’s why i fight for our liberation.

for those who say not use mine n my parents‘ story for politics: the political is personal. politics is my life not bc i want it to be, but bc i has to be.
so that maybe others won’t have to run to the imperialist nations that have disenfranchised our nation in the first place.

there are so many typos in this thread pls don’t mind, i’m just emotional today lol