We moved from the US to a small Italian village. Now, my 75-year-old parents are following in our footsteps.
When my husband and I moved to a Sicilian village, we worried about leaving my parents in the US. To our surprise, they decided to move to Italy, too.
Camellia Phillips moved from New York City to a hillside Sicilian village nearly three years ago with her husband, finding support from her parents in Colorado throughout the unconventional process. However, leaving her aging parents behind proved to be emotionally challenging, especially when one of them suffered a health scare while they were in Italy.
Despite initial setbacks during their first visit, the family persevered and even celebrated the oath ceremony for Camellia's Italian citizenship by marriage. The experience has brought the family closer together, with her parents now joining her and her husband in Italy, and her sister taking on the responsibility of caring for her aging parents back in Colorado.
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