Wendy Rodriguez
Mr. Null
English 1A
September 25, 2014
Life’s Struggles
From time to time we stumble upon struggles in life where we gain the strength to overcome the toughest obstacles we will ever face. Struggles are a part of life and they are inevitable. Although he has experienced many struggles throughout his life, Ernesto Rodriguez, my dad, believes that those struggles are what changed his outlook of life for the better. He has dealt with emotional and physical struggles in life that made him a stronger and better person. Learning to overcome these struggles were an important part of moving on in life. His three biggest struggles that made him a stronger person were dealing with an abusive father, leaving home, and having to accept …show more content…
Ernesto said, “Life in Guatemala was insignificant and not important.” His life in Guatemala was different. The women’s job was to take care of the children and the men’s responsibility was to work. Having to adjust to a new and completely different environment was difficult. He was unfamiliar with the language and beliefs. Arriving to the United States he had nothing, but from time to time he was fortunate to have met people who were kind enough to help him. His struggles in coming here was physically exhausting, but he learned that to get what you want in life a person has to work hard. His journey here took him a month, which meant many sleepless nights and several days without any food. After some time, he managed to make enough money to buy a place and pay his way through school. It meant a lot of different jobs like washing cars to cleaning a body job. He dealt with a lot of great people who taught him the meaning of respect. From this struggle he learned to appreciate the little things in …show more content…
His mother passed away from a sickness in 2006 then, a few months after his father followed caused by a horrific accident. Dealing with the loss of his parents is what he considers to have been the biggest impact in his life and struggle that he is still trying to overcome. The loss of one of the most important women in his life was very painful. The loss of his parents is what taught him the importance of family and how valuable life is. At age thirteen he decided to leave them behind in order to pursue a better life in the United States and since then he never returned. The death of his mother is what hurts him most because she is who he loved most and felt most grateful for. He said “I will never forget or stop hurting for their deaths but I have learned to accept it so I can move on.” Losing his parents was one of the hardest things he’s gone through but with their deaths he learned the importance of family and gained strength to accept it so he can move forward in
Mr. Null
English 1A
September 25, 2014
Life’s Struggles
From time to time we stumble upon struggles in life where we gain the strength to overcome the toughest obstacles we will ever face. Struggles are a part of life and they are inevitable. Although he has experienced many struggles throughout his life, Ernesto Rodriguez, my dad, believes that those struggles are what changed his outlook of life for the better. He has dealt with emotional and physical struggles in life that made him a stronger and better person. Learning to overcome these struggles were an important part of moving on in life. His three biggest struggles that made him a stronger person were dealing with an abusive father, leaving home, and having to accept …show more content…
Ernesto said, “Life in Guatemala was insignificant and not important.” His life in Guatemala was different. The women’s job was to take care of the children and the men’s responsibility was to work. Having to adjust to a new and completely different environment was difficult. He was unfamiliar with the language and beliefs. Arriving to the United States he had nothing, but from time to time he was fortunate to have met people who were kind enough to help him. His struggles in coming here was physically exhausting, but he learned that to get what you want in life a person has to work hard. His journey here took him a month, which meant many sleepless nights and several days without any food. After some time, he managed to make enough money to buy a place and pay his way through school. It meant a lot of different jobs like washing cars to cleaning a body job. He dealt with a lot of great people who taught him the meaning of respect. From this struggle he learned to appreciate the little things in …show more content…
His mother passed away from a sickness in 2006 then, a few months after his father followed caused by a horrific accident. Dealing with the loss of his parents is what he considers to have been the biggest impact in his life and struggle that he is still trying to overcome. The loss of one of the most important women in his life was very painful. The loss of his parents is what taught him the importance of family and how valuable life is. At age thirteen he decided to leave them behind in order to pursue a better life in the United States and since then he never returned. The death of his mother is what hurts him most because she is who he loved most and felt most grateful for. He said “I will never forget or stop hurting for their deaths but I have learned to accept it so I can move on.” Losing his parents was one of the hardest things he’s gone through but with their deaths he learned the importance of family and gained strength to accept it so he can move forward in