It all started one afternoon in May 2000 when my father surprised us with the unexpected news that he had found a way out of that island, until that moment it was our beloved home, escape from the authoritarian regime was that many Cubans craved. I was only in my twenties, I had no desire to leave my life but at the same time craved many things that did not have, or new things I was curious to know. I suddenly entered that curiosity and I yelled to my father, dad want to go …show more content…
We didn’t have much to leave behind; we arrived to the new city to start from zero again. Some good friends of my dad helped us to settle us in a small apartment in the east of Hialeah. We were very pleased to reach Miami; it was for us like coming home, besides the beauty of the city, the sun, the palm trees and the relaxing beach, it had our same customs, our language was spoken. It was actually easy to adapt to our new life. For the first time in a long time we were all very happy. My father was adapted, he found a job in a dental lab, something relate to his profession. I began to work and to study. So the time was passed and we adapt to our new life already in Miami where I lived happily. As it achieves bring my mother and my brother to live with me. And then later I met who is now my husband with we have two beautiful