Without Borders Newsletter 18

A few Reminders and Happy Women’s History Month

Anytime you put pen to paper you have the capacity to change someone else’s perspective and build your own. You have the power to bring healing at a time when it seems we can’t escape our own suffering but face it head on. While we are fighting the pandemic with the Covid vaccine, we are also battling loss, grief, isolation, loneliness, and social disruption. There is more healing that we need to do even when Covid is behind us. Therefore, we invite each one of you to share your stories, poems and experiences with us as we begin our journey towards healing and as we create a collective journal for our next issue of the Without Borders Magazine.

The submission deadline for the second issue of the Without Borders Magazine is fast approaching. Monday, March 15th will be the last day we will be accepting any and all submissions. If you still plan on submitting your work please do so in a timely manner or reach out to us via email if you can’t meet the deadline but would still like to submit.

Thank you to everyone who has submitted their work or have reached out to us about sending their work. We can’t do this without you. We know from past experience that it takes a whole community to make it happen and we have had the support of our writers here at Without Borders. We hope to keep making this a relevant space for each one of you! Thank you

Happy Women’s history Month! Visit our featured stories section to read some of the stories, and poems that highlight experiences of women from across the globe. Women who understand what it means to cross borders.

“Accents aren’t restricted to foreign languages. Within a language there are different inflections and rhythms, various dialects and words. But the fun is in those differences. Experience life. Find your voice and build confidence. When overseas, your voice is suddenly unique, and…”

“I see them all there, those cities in my bookshelf.
Those books which we bought from those quiet bookshops in those unknown cities. That silent reminder of those days when we would travel carefree, now travel the word itself is a luxury…”

“When I was two, I was adopted from Greece and brought to the States. My family in the U.S. made sure I knew my biological family. When I was 13, we took a family trip to Greece to meet my Greek family. A few years ago, I visited Greece to see my family…”

“As I approach the anniversary of my quarantine situation, I can confidently say I have grown so much since then. Before March 2020, I was existing. I used my flat (apartment) only as a place for physical rest, and I intentionally kept myself busy, so I wouldn’t have to do any introspection. I prided myself on perfecting a system of self-denial and…”

“What you’re wearing doesn’t really matter when every step walks towards a dream just as it is running away from a nightmare. Brisk, vigorous strides make their way through the main conurbations of a territory that is as real as it is fictitious. The land of fulfilled dreams, or the land of broken ones. That place. Where we are all and we are nothing. Sergio Hernandez knows what it is like to cross, not one, but seven times…”

“As an ex-pat, I am regularly asked questions about my homeland. They all break down to two basic questions: Will you ever move back? and What’s wrong with your country? The answer to the first question is easy. I never say never, but I don’t see it happening. Primary reason?…”

As always we thank you for your active participation and contribution. Support your fellow writes by reading, sharing, and commenting on their work.

Editor,

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