“Persistence and resilience only comes from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems.” Was well said by an American writer Gever Tulley (BrainyQuates, 2017). During October 2, 1984 through February 15, 1990 was one of my toughest years of my life. As a child, my perspective towards life was being naive, selfish and did not understand why my parents were temporarily separated and what was going on in the United States. First, I will explain what was going on during the era of 1986 through February 15, 1989. Secondly, how the reaction in family decisions on going to the United States, change my family’s life by trying to get a piece of the American Dream and how it was related to The President of United States immigration Executive order.
First of all, I have 7 siblings, which my sister Marisol and I were fortunate to born …show more content…
When we saw each other I can see the pain in his eyes from being away from the family, but I did not hesitate to run towards him or didn’t cry of happiness because of the anger and hate. I get older and understand the sacrifices my parents encountered, my anger diminished. I honestly say that I hated my father as a child, and did not want to return to the U.S.A. I felt the border line from Mexico and the U.S.A. separate my family and me and constantly compare the border line to the Berlin wall. I personally did not care what was happening in the world, especially in the United States. Then the more I spoke to my parents everything make sense. Several events were happening during the years of 1986 through 1990. The more I reflect on my childhood, it seems that is true when history repeats itself. While serving in the military I was constantly separated from my daughters. The total time I can recall was about 3 years which includes deployments to the Middle East to a whole year in Kunsan Air Base, Korea for a
First of all, I have 7 siblings, which my sister Marisol and I were fortunate to born …show more content…
When we saw each other I can see the pain in his eyes from being away from the family, but I did not hesitate to run towards him or didn’t cry of happiness because of the anger and hate. I get older and understand the sacrifices my parents encountered, my anger diminished. I honestly say that I hated my father as a child, and did not want to return to the U.S.A. I felt the border line from Mexico and the U.S.A. separate my family and me and constantly compare the border line to the Berlin wall. I personally did not care what was happening in the world, especially in the United States. Then the more I spoke to my parents everything make sense. Several events were happening during the years of 1986 through 1990. The more I reflect on my childhood, it seems that is true when history repeats itself. While serving in the military I was constantly separated from my daughters. The total time I can recall was about 3 years which includes deployments to the Middle East to a whole year in Kunsan Air Base, Korea for a