Personal Narrative: My Journey To America

This was it I was finally in America. After I waited so long I had made it to America to start my new life. It all started when, my mother woke me up very early in the morning yelling ''Hurry, Anna Hurry you have to be at the port early so you can get onto the ship!'' As soon as I woke up I realized that today was the day I was going to start my journey to America. My father has already made it to America and sent back the money for me to come. Later, my siblings should come as soon as they are old enough or if my father and I earn enough money for them and my mother to come. For the past week my mother has been helping me pack the trunk I would be carrying to America. This morning we only packed a few more things and I was on my way. I began …show more content…
The distance wasn't hard except for the fact I was carrying a ten pound trunk with me. When I started walking to the train station it was 6:00, just when it starting to get bright outside. My trunk was especially heavy when I first started out because I had water in there but as the day passed it became lighter and lighter. When I finally came sight to the train station I decided to take a third break from walking beneath a tree after eight hours already knowing the next train was coming tomorrow. I sat under the tree for about thirty minutes to regain my strength and drank the rest of my water. When I reached the train station it was 4:00 and I had just enough time to purchase my ticket and fill my water jug from the nearby stream. After I filled my water jug I got into line and sat on my trunk and fell asleep. Before I had fell asleep there was only three people in front of me and I was last, but when I woke up the line was backed up almost to the stream where I had got some water the day before. After I washed my face with some water I had to hurry and give the conductor my ticket and take my seat. After I took my seat I looked out the window seeing all the people getting on the train as