My family and I immigrated to Canada about 6 years ago. We tried hard to get the Permanent Resident status and spent a lot of money on legal fees. This yielded no result. During this period, my husband was able to get his Nursing Aid certificate and started working.

About 2 years ago, because all our attempts to get the PR status failed, Canada Border Services issued my family and me an order of removal. We were very sad.

Throughout this time, I kept believing that a miracle would happen and Canada would be our home. Then the Covid-19 pandemic started and we contemplated about my husband taking a break from his work because we had 3 little children who were high risk and we did not want them falling sick to the virus. In the end, we decided he should continue working as he was needed at that time by his community.

While on Instagram one day, someone mentioned The Magic by Rhonda Byrne. I have read and watched The Secret, so I immediately got interested and purchased The Magic. It was the best decision ever!

I started and ended each day with the outlined activities and I witnessed a huge shift in my life. Everything just seemed better! My worries about life were replaced with gratitude for what I have, what I have received, and what I will receive.

For one of the activities, I was to be grateful for a particular mistake I had made. So I wrote 10 things I am grateful for concerning our present immigration status. I looked for 10 good things that had come out of the situation.

The next morning, my husband told me with great emotion that our PR status which we had applied for, was under a temporary pathway that was recently introduced by the Government of Canada for healthcare workers, and it had been confirmed! We are all Permanent Residents of Canada. Canada is our home now!

I am so grateful for The Magic. I am grateful for all the wonderful and magical books of Rhonda and for Rhonda herself.

Thank you thank you thank you.