It doesn’t matter how long you’re gone, family’s family. That’s the kind of relationship we have,” he said. “It doesn’t matter how long you’re gone, family’s family. When he resurfaced two and a half years later, Abbas said his mother greeted him with a smile, an offer of food and a total lack of recriminations for his long neglect. He dabbled in drugs and alcohol, joined the military against his parents’ wishes and even dropped out of his family’s life around the time he turned 18. Article contentĪtlas said his mother - who he declined to name - came to Canada from Eritrea more than 20 years ago and has toiled as a hotel housekeeper to make ends meet for her five children.Ītlas said he added to her burdens in his teenage years.
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