SUITCASE
OR BLAME
SHE PACKED HER THINGS.
I CARRIED THE REST.
A deeply personal story of love, heartbreak, cultural differences, responsibility, and beginning again.
♫ ORIGINAL SONG
YOU TAUGHT ME HOW TO FLY
Experience the emotion behind the story.
Original soundtrack inspired by the book by Joshua Ehm.
WHEN LOVE BECOMES THE STORY YOU NEVER EXPECTED TO WRITE
Suitcase or Blame continues the story that began in Becoming Joshua: His First Two Lives.
While Becoming Joshua tells the story of Joshua’s life in Iran, imprisonment, his journey as a refugee, and beginning again in America, Suitcase or Blame follows what happened in the years that came afterward.
This deeply personal story explores love, relationships, cultural differences, family, belonging, expectations, heartbreak, and the emotional cost of building a new life in America.
Joshua believed he had finally found someone with whom he could build a future.
What began with love and hope eventually became a five-year journey that challenged his understanding of relationships, loyalty, family, and himself.
WATCH THE STORY COME TO LIFE
A cinematic introduction to the story of love, loss, and the difficult journey of beginning again.
“When two people walk away from the same relationship, why does one person sometimes leave carrying the suitcase while the other is left carrying the blame?”SUITCASE OR BLAME
LOVE. CULTURE.
LOSS. BEGINNING AGAIN.
Suitcase or Blame explores what happens when love, culture, family, identity, and expectations collide.
Falling in Love
The excitement of finding someone and imagining a future together.
Two Different Worlds
The challenges of bringing together different cultures, expectations, and experiences.
Belonging
The influence of family, loyalty, relationships, and the desire to belong.
When the Future Changes
What happens when the life two people imagined together begins to fall apart.
Suitcase or Blame?
Questions about responsibility, expectations, and what remains after a relationship ends.
Beginning Again
Learning how to move forward without allowing heartbreak to define the rest of life.
MOMENTS FROM THE STORY
Explore the visual world of Suitcase or Blame, from the beginning of a relationship to the moments that changed its future.
FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS LOVED AND LOST
Suitcase or Blame is for anyone who has loved deeply, built a future with someone, and then watched that future disappear.
It is for those who have experienced heartbreak, separation, cultural differences, family pressures, or the difficult questions that remain when a long relationship ends.
It is also for readers of Becoming Joshua: His First Two Lives who want to continue Joshua’s story and discover what happened after he began rebuilding his life in America.
SUITCASE
OR BLAME
SHE PACKED HER THINGS.
I CARRIED THE REST.
A story of love, loss, responsibility, and what happens when one person takes the suitcase and the other is left carrying the blame.