“Never take things for granted” Feelings of oppression, fear, and distress were present in her old life. Nobody likes being under the control of a dictator. At the time Castro was in control of Cuba, so nobody was allowed to leave the country. As a young girl, my grandmother had to experience the strain and pressure of fleeing the country and parting with all that she knew. It was late in the afternoon, roughly five o’clock; my great-grandfather came home from work, as a surgeon, with some frightening news. “Pack a few things, not to much, we are leaving the county in the morning to go to Spain.” said Popie. My grandmother was around six. She had two other siblings, Alicia, who was 4, and Ciro who was an infant. The family was petrified, they didn’t know why and how they were going to leave their home. “How are we going to leave?” said Mimi. “I will explain” said Popie. A few weeks earlier in
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But that wasn’t enough for her dad. He wanted to move to the United States to make a better life his family. So that’s what they did, when they got off the boat to America they were in New York. A strange man came up to them and handed them an envelope of money, when Popie turned around to thank him he had disappeared. After a few weeks Poipe had gotten a job in a big company in Georgia, and then he got another part time job so his wife could stay home with his children.
Coming to America was one of the best decisions that he had ever made. One man made a huge sacrifice to give his family a new life without having to be controlled by someone. Today my grandma is very successful and is married and has five children and fifteen grandchildren. You should never take anything for granted because you never know when somebody will take over your life and there is nothing you can do about it. We are very lucky to live in a free country and people should be more
But that wasn’t enough for her dad. He wanted to move to the United States to make a better life his family. So that’s what they did, when they got off the boat to America they were in New York. A strange man came up to them and handed them an envelope of money, when Popie turned around to thank him he had disappeared. After a few weeks Poipe had gotten a job in a big company in Georgia, and then he got another part time job so his wife could stay home with his children.
Coming to America was one of the best decisions that he had ever made. One man made a huge sacrifice to give his family a new life without having to be controlled by someone. Today my grandma is very successful and is married and has five children and fifteen grandchildren. You should never take anything for granted because you never know when somebody will take over your life and there is nothing you can do about it. We are very lucky to live in a free country and people should be more