Torn in Two 🇺🇸💔🇿🇦 Some moments are so big, so life-altering, that they split you right down the middle. Today, I became a U.S. citizen. After eight years of visas, green cards, endless paperwork, and an ocean of emotions—I did it. I should be celebrating. And I am. But my heart is also breaking. I never wanted to leave South Africa. That wild, beautiful, chaotic, soul-deep place that raised me, that still feels like home in a way no other place ever will. I didn’t leave because I stopped loving it. I left because I wanted to give my kids a better shot at life. And that choice—one I would make again in a heartbeat—still carries so much loss. Today is the culmination of years of sacrifice, of missing family, of feeling like I belong everywhere and nowhere. Of proving myself over and over again. And now, here I am. An American. To everyone who held me up through this, who believed in me when I didn’t, who reminded me why I was doing this—thank you. I couldn’t have done it alone. I may have left South Africa, but it will never leave me. It’s in my blood, my bones, my fight, my fire. I carry it forward, always. ❤️ #usa🇺🇸 immigration #southafrica #usa #uscitizen #proudlyamerican