“An Adventure of a Lifetime” A new beginning, a new life lies a mere 2677 miles away or 44 hours. Time flew by, it was April, May, June... and then came March of 2007, a month that would never be forgotten. A safe haven, a place I knew I could trust, a home and a life all in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Life wasn’t the easiest, it was a struggle living in a three bedroom house with my parents and my two sisters Marysa and Sarah. Days had come and gone but one thing was always true my family was struggling emotionally and financially. Food banks and the word no were a daily occurrence. My father had been unemployed from his job as a computer IT specialist for approximately a year. Not too much later was my mother informed that the sprint
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Whether or not I believed this was a good idea I still had to learn that I have to stay strong and to trust my mother’s hopes for my future. Moving day was just around the corner, the truck was being packed and I left my life in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and headed to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to say my goodbyes to my 89 year old Great Grandfather who was a Combat Engineer in WWII. And that day I knew I would miss our visits with him and the stories he would tell me about his successes and failures in the war. As the visits to Ottawa came to a close we made our final stop in Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Devastation struck me I had to say see you later to my Grandma, Baba, Gigi, uncles, aunts and my cousins. Caitlyn my cousin, best friend and supporter said to me “Don’t you ever forget me. Call me all the time and know that no matter how far apart we are we will always be best friends.” So being devastated I said” You will forever be my best friend and my cousin no matter where I am in this world.” Goodbye wasn’t something that came easily, it caused me to go into a state of denial and ignorance. The van began to pull away from the house and I knew I had a new adventure ahead good, bad, joyous who knew, but I was about to find …show more content…
The journey was nothing as expected, even though it wasn’t ideal life always finds a way to work out. My grasp loosened and I made some friends that made me realize that my life isn’t over, it has only just begun. I’ve pushed myself to new extremes, playing three sports in middle school and the continuing to play sports through high school. I did all of this because I knew that even though the change is hard my life wasn’t over, I had to take the reins and direct in the right way. As I did, I learnt that you have to take life in strides nothing is going to happen right away. Even to this day it’s still a struggle but the journey to the United States is what allowed me to realize there a lot out there you just have to be willing to accept change. Finally, I have accepted
Whether or not I believed this was a good idea I still had to learn that I have to stay strong and to trust my mother’s hopes for my future. Moving day was just around the corner, the truck was being packed and I left my life in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and headed to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to say my goodbyes to my 89 year old Great Grandfather who was a Combat Engineer in WWII. And that day I knew I would miss our visits with him and the stories he would tell me about his successes and failures in the war. As the visits to Ottawa came to a close we made our final stop in Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Devastation struck me I had to say see you later to my Grandma, Baba, Gigi, uncles, aunts and my cousins. Caitlyn my cousin, best friend and supporter said to me “Don’t you ever forget me. Call me all the time and know that no matter how far apart we are we will always be best friends.” So being devastated I said” You will forever be my best friend and my cousin no matter where I am in this world.” Goodbye wasn’t something that came easily, it caused me to go into a state of denial and ignorance. The van began to pull away from the house and I knew I had a new adventure ahead good, bad, joyous who knew, but I was about to find …show more content…
The journey was nothing as expected, even though it wasn’t ideal life always finds a way to work out. My grasp loosened and I made some friends that made me realize that my life isn’t over, it has only just begun. I’ve pushed myself to new extremes, playing three sports in middle school and the continuing to play sports through high school. I did all of this because I knew that even though the change is hard my life wasn’t over, I had to take the reins and direct in the right way. As I did, I learnt that you have to take life in strides nothing is going to happen right away. Even to this day it’s still a struggle but the journey to the United States is what allowed me to realize there a lot out there you just have to be willing to accept change. Finally, I have accepted