In the early 1990s, my family moved to Canada. When my parents decided to move, they were in their 40s, petrified, with two kids, two suitcases and just Cdn$80 in their pockets.
When we set off, my parents forgot to tell my sister Nicky and I that we were moving permanently—a not so tiny detail that coloured that first Christmas.
We ended up at my aunt’s house, living in the basement. My mom already had a
