Write A Narrative Essay About Moving To Guatemala

For months, my parents had been discussing sending my mom, little brother and I back to our native country. I was only eight years old then and I did not understand the reason or the quickness to return. On that day, August 23rd,2008, we departed to Guatemala, leaving behind my father, alone. As I landed at the airport, I anticipated the feeling of seeing my older sister and other relatives for the first time. Weeks passed by, my brother and I wouldn’t stop asking my mother when we would come back to the United States. At the beginning, it was difficult to get accustomed to a totally different country, and its culture, “ my culture”. Quite some time passed, I was going to school, reinforcing my spanish ( and losing my english) and completely submerging into the beautiful Guatemalan culture.
Each year I went to a different school which is the reason for repeating the 4th grade. For a year straight, my mom, my siblings and I were not settled in a normal home. My mom was ill, very ill with depression. Watching her act in weird ways caused me to get depressed too. We would go from our house to my aunt’s house almost daily because I was too scared to stay by myself to take care of my younger
However, halfway through my freshmen year my ENL teacher noticed that the material that she was given to me was too easy because I already knew it. So, they decided to put me into English 9. It was probably one of the worst struggles i’ve had to go through in High school. But I know that they did it for my own good. If it wasn’t for them, I would not know the English I know today. I was able to speak fluent English in 1 year and a half. Life for me has not been so easy. It has been an emotional rollercoaster. However, this has helped me to succeed and it has made me stronger than ever. This has encouraged me to keep pushing myself forward, and has prepared me for a new journey-