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September 08, 2004
Just details.
An uncle is visiting and a trip to the NY metro area won't be complete without a visit to The Lady. In Ellis Island immigrants from the great migration years would land to be 'processed'. Today it houses a walk through what they went through. Saw a film in one of the theaters narrated by Gene Hackman and made by Guggenheim that masterfully brings you back in the 20s. Moving is an understatement to describe the film. It affects me because I too am an immigrant and in my mind are the same thoughts and anxieties that those Europeans had when they crossed the Atlantic. Once they were processed they were told 'Ok, you can go." Go means you're free to enter America. For most of them comes the realities of where they would go. Will they find work? Where will they stay that first night. But to most of them these were 'just details'. They are now free and IN America where they could start all over again and have a better life. I like that 'Just Details'. I tells me to 'hey don't sweat the small stuff' they're just details. Life is good.
Posted by ernie at September 8, 2004 12:04 PM