I never felt the urge of spilling my life story, but this date impacted me and for once I am able to express my deep emotions. It all started when I was five years old. By that time, I knew there wasn’t a father in my picture, just a single mom with financial struggles. Although we had our problems, a man came along into our lives and my Mom married him. I …show more content…
I couldn’t believe she was going to drive all the way nonstop. While looking upon the moon, it looked as if it was trying to speak to me. I closed my eyes for a second and thought back to what the officer said when we were at the border. I thought to myself, I am supposed to be in bed, I am supposed to be with my family. It is where I belong. I belong with my grandfather, tucking me in bed for tonight. But this wasn’t the case, I opened my eyes and tried so hard not to cry, instead I closed my eyes again and started to think about how great our future was going to be.
As a result of more over thinking, I wanted to clear away the sadness of leaving my family behind. I finally had the courage and asked Amine about my dad. “So how do you know my dad?” I asked.
“Oh, well your mom and dad went to the same high school as me, and we were all friends.”
I bit my lip, and looked outside the window wondering if I should keep asking questions.
“Why did you say I look just like him?”
“Well, first of all you have the same hair style, you’re jawline is the same, and especially your eyes.”
I wondered if she had seen him recently, because she gave details to me as if she had seen him yesterday.
“You remember what he looks like?” I