departure

january 27, 1968 - the beginning of an odyssey. on a crisp winter morning my parents and siblings left the safe-haven of their italian home and travelled 4000 miles cross-atlantic to toronto. the airline, canadian pacific knew an immigrant story when they saw one and snapped this photo at fiumicino before departure. the expressions are telling - anticipation, expectation and fear. my father waves to parents he will leave behind and staves off any feeling of weakness. they stand tall, eyes squinting - peering into a future they can barely see.