It was a sunny day and the sun rays felt warm against my skin. There were many people around us and I could hear the airplanes landing. My mom held my sister’s and my hand tight scared of what would happen if she let go, but she knew it was time for us to go. She looked at me and I could see she was trying to hold back tears. She hugged us one last time before my dad came to bring us to the airplane. As I got on the airplane I remember thinking it was just going to be a short trip and we will be back. When the plane took off I was scared of what life would be like in a new country away from my family. I looked down and I could see the plane leaving the place I called home.
At eight years old I didn’t know what to expect of moving to a new
And I also remember the day, when my parents informed me that we were moving. The plan was to move out from the clustered city of New York, and shift into the suburban setting of New Jersey. As a young child, I was startled and not sure if I was ready to be able to commit and abstained the thought. The thought of leaving my friends and the place where I grew up in all my life, irked me emotionally. With a new city, came a new house and a new environment.
The plane took off and were in the air leaving the place I had only ever known. I remember when my parents told me and my two brothers that we would be moving to the United states. At the time I didn’t know where we would end up or how we were even getting there. All I knew was I would be in a totally different landscape with a lot of ethnically different people whom I have never met or seen before.
Changes in life can be tough to go through and sometimes they can be easy. Some of these things are harder than others and some can be a better choice. Like moving is one thing that changed my way i looked at people. Then there is growing up, growing up can be hard. Last but not least there is education. These things that you experience can change your perspective on how you look at life.
Fifteen year old Danny shivered as Dennis threatened, “I’m going to kick your little ass and teach you a lesson you’ll never forget.”
It was a beautiful, sunny day in South Florida. I was six years old, playing by the pool with my new puppy. I loved swimming in the pool almost every day after school. I also enjoyed going out on our boat after school or crossing the street and going to the beach. My father came home one evening with some interesting news. Now, I do not remember exactly how I felt about the news at that time, but it seemed like I did not mind that much. He had announced that we were going to move back to my birth country, Belgium. I had been living in Florida for five years and it was basically all I had known so I did not know what to expect. I had to live with my mom at first, and then my sister would join us after she graduated high school and my father
It was going to be extremely hard to leave everything behind in my country and move to a new place. I had never moved in my
My family and I was walking down the road and it was dark and muddy. My sister and I was worried about this so called new world because we know nothing about it all we know about is our great country Canada. I was walking beside my brother and my sister was in between my mother and my father. My siblings and I argued a little more than most times at home. The walk took about 4 to 5 days and when we got there to the boat I looked up and
the next morning as we are packing for the trip back to Mexico, i went outside to say my goodbyes to my friends. But they were already on the bus going to school. I felt my heart dropped remembering about school. I went back inside to finish packing. mama and papa were in the back of the tent discussing about our trip. we walked to the train station and bought our tickets. soon after it was time to board. sitting by mama i could see tears running down her cheeks. at that second i felt like we are never coming back
My mind went blank. I forgot all the things I learned in the plane safety book mom gave me. All the flights attendants were trying to keep everyone calm. They were putting a mask on that everything was fine, but my eyes looked through it and saw them crying on the inside. The oxygen masks came flying down but I didn't notice. I was staring at all the people crying. Then the flight attendant came and put my mask on for
“Honey, I got laid off again” my dad told my mom when I was about ten years old. At the time though, I didn’t know what was going on, so I really didn’t think anything of it. As I got older though it started to get clearer that he didn’t have his job anymore. That’s when i started to ask question on why he doesn’t have a job anymore. But during during the ages 12 and 15 he had gotten rehired by the same company, and then they laid him off again. The second time though, it took a pretty bad toll on us financially.
My Uncle took us to the airport at around noon right after the reunion. For some reason the excitement of going to a new country clouded the sorrow I had for leaving my family. Anyway, the plane left at four which left us and hour to eat before we had to go through customs. We sat In a coffee shop inside the airport. I had a doughnut with milk while my mother and uncle had a latte. I remember I started to imagine my life in this USA. Consequently, the more I thought about it the more anxious I became. Then, I brooded over an idea that people would not like me because I only spoke Spanish. Suddenly I started to cry. I scream and shouted at my mother to leave me behind. Because of this
I remember getting off the plane , excited to see my mom again, even if i was away for only one short month , grabbed my things and walked hoping to see her long black hair and freckled face, but minutes passed and i couldn’t find her. I sat down and moments later i heard my name through the speaker of the airport, i walk toward a police officer and there was a woman and her husband, who apparently called my name. They explained my mom couldn’t make it on time and i would have to spend the night with them.
free, if only we had to strength to push .Using avoidance Ana suppressed that urge to be freed , as the unknown outcomes of confrontation left her in the dark.But the confrontation is the part that contributes to the overall continues resolution.
Typically, people like to think getting up and moving to another country is as easy as it sounds. People leave their home countries for various reasons, to escape as a refugee, or immigrate for a change in life. As easy as it seems to be there are so many roadblocks along the way. The country was created thousands of years ago as the holy land but over time, it has gone through different rulers and at many times the Jewish people of Israel was exiled and forced to leave the only country they knew. The history of Israel is important because it dictates as to why immigration and leaving that country to go to others in the Middle East is impossible. People have been dealing with war, military, religious, and gender regulations in Israel
The most important item I own is a blue throw blanket that I received from my mother when I graduated from high school. The blanket is a simple blue woven cotton throw with the Lord’s Prayer on the front, the perfect size to use when curled up on the couch with a good book. My mother gave me the blanket as a graduation gift for me to take with me when I moved away from home. Not only does it have sentimental value because it was my mom’s way of keeping me safe far from home, but the message on the blanket also carries meaning for me. There are two lines in the prayer that significant. The line “forgive them that trespass against us” is a good reminder to forgive, which is something that I struggle with. The other line “lead us not into