Personal Narrative: How My Life Changed After Moving To The United States

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After I move to the United States, the way I live changed for the better. Due to my family’s financial situation we live under Housing Authority. I live in an old big house with my parents, five younger brothers, and two sisters. There were only five bedrooms and with so many of us, we had to share the rooms. Our kitchen room is very tiny. The living room is warm and comfy.Most of the furnitures in my house was donated or from Goodwill. We always had food to eat because of Food Stamps. My mom work part time as a personal caregiver and my dad is unemployed. He attends Family Literacy and helps with my family. For example, being the only driver in the family, he drive my siblings and I to school every day and take us to doctor’s appointments.

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