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My Story
Everybody dreams about coming to the United
States to improve their lives. That includes getting many opportunities
to work and study. They dream about earning a lot of money in
order to support their relatives. However, those people may have
to confront some challenges and changes in their life. Changes
such as separating from their families for the first time, learning
another language, meeting new people and sharing a house with
an unknown person. That was what I had to confront eight years
ago when I arrived to this country.
When I was nine years old, my mother had to
come to the United States to give me a better education and future.
That’s why I grew up with my grandmother. My grandmother
took care of my as if she was my mother. She gave me love, protection,
and good advice that helped me to going well in life. However
with the passage of time I had to leave my country, Honduras,
and I came to live with my mother. First of all, I felt afraid,
afraid to separate for the first time from my family and my friends
with whom I grew up. I was accustomed to waking up in the morning
and seeing my grandmother.
When I came to the United States at the beginning
I felt bad. I was afraid for example to share the house with my
mother. I was just a child when she came here and that’s
why she was an unknown person for me. I didn’t know how
her character was or which things she disliked. I was afraid that
we couldn’t understand each other, and also that we would
have problems living together. But with the passing of time, finally
I got to understand my mother’s behavior, and now we understand
each other very well and we are best friends.
In brief, I think that we don’t have
to feel afraid to do new things, share with another person or
meet new people. We have to confront our fear and get control
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