Time Travel.

Leaving the country that you call home is always hard and I knew that it was hard for my mother to leave Haiti. When she first came to this country she was miserable because not only was she homesick, but because she wasn't used to the weather. She still isn't used to the weather but she's adapted fairly well. In Haiti the weather is hot and muggy as opposed to the clear seasons in New Jersey where my family settled. She's been in this country for many years, but she hasn't lost her Haitian upbringing. In Haiti when people leave the country, they are seen as virtual strangers when they return. Living in the U.S. is at times hard for immigrants because many of them are misunderstood. The balance between the old world and the new world is really difficult because people mistake wanting to preserve the culture with hating the way things are in the states. This photo is a photo taken of the countryside in Haiti.