Moving To The UK
The Toughest Decision
Deciding to leave the country was one of the hardest choices of my life, and I did not make it on a whim. It took nearly three years, along with several major events, to persuade me to uproot my life and leave the country I loved. I could not share or explain my reasons to anyone, and what little I told a few family members was brushed aside or seemed to matter very little to them. To this day, many family members, especially my wife, still resent my decision to leave Iran for good, and it is no easier to explain my reasons now than it was nearly forty years ago. So this essay, which is not, by the way, a full account of everything, is not meant to convince anyone that I was right or to heal any differences; it is simply a brief reflection that relieves me a little of carrying the whole burden alone.
