Personal Narrative: Living In Canada

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The past two years living in Canada has been difficult for my family and I. Adjusting to the canadian lifestyle was a struggle; however, with support from family and friends it has made the transition easier then I had imagined. I always knew living in England, London was temporary due to the repeatable conversations my family and I would have about moving. These conversations were frequent and led to arguments and stress as stepping into the unknown always led to doubt. It was all a matter of fact when we would make the first step.
2013 was the year we put our house up for sale and from then we started to pack our belongings into boxes. It took a year for the house to be sold: by this time I was halfway through studying A Levels and was

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