Write A Narrative Essay About Moving To The Us

I was born in the city of Monterrey in Mexico. My family decided to move to the US in 2009 due to growing concerns of money and safety. Back then, Monterrey was considered one of the most dangerous places to live in Mexico, as the two main cartels were disputing over the territory. My dad had lost his job and my mom worked part time at a pharmacy. Because public school in Mexico is very poor, my mom had always had me enrolled in private schools. We were in a tight situation, we couldn’t pay for the house anymore and my dad was not having much luck in finding a new job. For this reason, my parents were practically forced to move to the US. After the long, expensive process of applying for visas and passports, we finally were able to move to the land of opportunity. We started from zero, there was absolutely no money in our pockets. I was a new student at a new school in a foreign country. I could not be more self-conscious at any other time in my life. All I could think about was how others saw me and how I fit in with
They would come in a shabby car with cleaning products--from working with a house cleaning company. Why me? I would ask myself. Why couldn’t I be like other kids? I felt humiliated whenever I thought of how we had to live in such poor conditions. At the time, I didn’t appreciate my parents enough to be proud of them, but now I realize how close-minded I was. Now that my sister is going through her middle school years, she is going through the same phase I went through. As her older sister, I try to show her that what my parents do is nothing to be ashamed of and that she should appreciate her life, as not everyone gets a family like the one we were blessed with. As my siblings translate into the same stage in life I went through, they help me realize how wrong I was about my life and mature into appreciating the hard work my parents do to help their children be