When I came in united states 

 

When I was new here I was confused at everywhere I did not know anything I got mad I feel sick I got headache I slept all the day of my first day in united states I didn't sleep in during trip I was scared how's going on. Finally I saw my mom at the airport we hug each other because I didn,t seen my mom 14 years ago I was excited to came my mom and my sisters and my Lil brother 

First day of school in the USA 

      I entered this new school last year in the month of October when I arrived in this new country, at first I was nervous to know that I was going to have new friends and also for the new school that is much bigger than the school where I studied in my school. country. Little by little I got used to everything new that I discovered in this school, I made new friendships and I am learning the language so that I can understand and participate in classes. Nowadays I am completely delighted with my new school and I like everything we have and can do as the activities they do and all the classes that are well entertained. 

 

This school is great, it is much bigger and better than my previous schools. I still do not get used to everything I have to do, but the important thing is that soon everything will change because very soon I will know the language very well since the language is what affects me in my grades and in my classes. Even so, knowing the language very little I have several friends as well as those who speak Spanish as well as those who do not, I have great friendships nowadays and they are all very good friends. 

 

 It all started when I was born in Mexico. I was a child when my godmother gave me a game console. I started to love videogames I got addicted to them my parents said that I left the videogames and I focused on the school but I did not follow the video games I rebelled at night and they scolded me but I was not aware of playing them for a while and started to play soccer but one day I returned with the vice of the games to this day even the games but not as much as before It was when I play my first game and I knew that I liked the games the first game that played was dragon ball and I'm still playing games the one I play most is fortnite. 

 

 

When I Left My Country 

I remember when I left my country, I was fifteen years old. It was sad moment[AFF(1] . I had to leave all the people I care about, especially my nephews and my nieces. When I told them, I would leave my heart, they didn’t believe me. They never thought I would leave them, I didn’t believe it either. I told them we would talk each other every day on the internet. I will be back, and we will meet again one day. I had already missed them when I was said that. 

In 2015, my sisters and I left Somali.   We were sad and happy too; sad because we were leaving our country and happy to begin the journey to meet our mom. It was first time I would travel. 

I was afraid to travel on airplane. But luckily, my older sister had traveled before on airplane. she told me it’s easy don’t afraid it not scary to travel on airplane, it just like car don’t afraid my little sister. That time I told myself it will be easy to travel on airplane. But the Thursday morning I was going to airport, I couldn’t lift my legs.  The road was busy and there was a lot of traffic. We arrived at the airport at 9:00 AM we ate the breakfast there. Then they check our bags we went to the waiting area. I felt stomachache when I went there, I looked my sister’s face she was crying and hiding her face, I asked what happen sister? 

“I missed you so much I didn’t believe you leaving,” Hawa said. she made me cry too. And I said I missed too we will see again my lovely sister. 

My sister told me have nice and safe trip, call me when you got there, I will pray for you. 

“I love you sister” 

Love you more. 

         our airplane arrived. We hugged each other tightly and waved hands said good bye. Then we flew Adan Ade airport, I was sitting next to the window. I didn’t know how to wear seatbelt; a man sits next to me helped me to wear it he understand I was frightening. 

The someday we arrived Jomo Kenyatta airport I was transit there we stay like one hour we bought some water and pray there. Then we went to the Kampala I don’t remember the airport. Finally, we arrived our destination. 

  

 

 [AFF(1]What did you say or tell them? When was this? How old were you? What were you thinking about leaving? Were you thinking of coming back?

     Last Fraidy I saw a Man I don’t know who is he where is he from noting about him he came near to me and he asked about food and I said what is your name? and then I check his ID and I said come to sit to my car and I ask about his life and he was from INDIA and he came from Californian today and robber still all his money phone valet and he was very angry but I don’t have money too buy food for him and I went to my job in Jack in the box there was a lot of Indian that worked and I said he came form Indian he come from you country please help him but they said no we can do this then I become very mad and I come down and ask people to gave money one car start and she gave 10$ and I went and boy for he and I drop at Kent Station and he take my phone number. 

 

                                 When I Come USA                                                  In my life sad story about one girl, when I came USA I say her in this school and she is looking o;lp[pb=orgeous, on the first day I didn’t talk with her I was just look at her and she was looking to me to and after some days I ask her name and I told her that you are looking nice and answer me that you are looking nice to, after that day I ask form her number and she give me her number and we talk for a month like friend then I told her that I have feeling for you and say that I have feeling for you too, then we start our relationship, our relationship goas true tree month then she say “I am done with you I love someone else”, when we broke up after I was so sad cause I love her form my bottom of my hard 💔. And still I love her and I want her every bad cause my feeling is real for her 

And she said 😢 

When the rain doses not wet….. 

My Life, My Future 

 

On  November 18 2017  my father called me  and told me you were coming to the United States I  was very happy with them since that moment I had said I was changing my life my way of talking about my whole world. after all this time my dad starts sending the papers to the American embassy since he started we already had passports and after four months the embassy has called us and we have been given the visa for 6 months since i was I did everything to make sure that my habit did not change, and above all, you would understand how to speak and do things in the United States. People do not tell you anything but in Africa as in Senegal my country has school in primary teacher will do you a terrible thing they will hit you insult you and you will do what he asks you to do and if you do not do it you'll have a problem. I had said for 6 months I  was going to the United States. the  day that should have gone to the airport was a Sunday but on Saturday I went to tell all my friends i went to the united states ].and the next day we went to the airport and took the plane first the climb was in New York and we took another plane and it was almost right when my father came to pick us up and got really cold.

Frist draft of my memoir 

My important this time will be sad I do not know where to start but it all stared I n high school in 2015 when you first meet a boy and only clear maybe because of age I remember perfect when I knew the first day of classes and I was a bigger degree than I remember I was walking whit my friends when we came from nowhere and he turned to see me and I was a connection was my first childhood love when they swear they will be together forever, he asked about me with other friends, I got my phone number and sent me a message saying hello.. 

I asked who it was and we started talking and I realized it was fun we had many tastes in common he loved the horses as I could but the cowboy was so calm he was so different from all the others he was hardworking and very well behaved especially responsible I always remember when he tried to conquer me leave me romantic and sweet letters outside my window in a mazeta and ran out with his friends for fear that my mom would get angry was funny but I was very tender his details we started out in the square walking to play something or ride by the rive banks on horses always showed me a great carucate we dedicated to be boyfriends, I remember how he was afraid to ask permission in my house for the reaction of my mom  so afraid that I bring him a cake and some flowers because he watched in a tv program that was that I remember and my mom and I laughed a little but we knew it was very sweet on their part and we opted for my mothers permission to be boyfriends. 

I remember the first Christmas together and valentine as if it were yesterday all those wonderful and funny moments like Christmas when we narrated together the child god in  my house and we stole the sweets to eat them out with the  lights of vegala and the artificial games the times I was sad and a message was enough for him to open me up. I always found myself in the back for my house and had something to eat to make him happy.  

I remember those day of fair of my town in Mexico where it is all great so many games dance go the family cousins of the USA to pass moment and to remember their cultures, and I waited for it like all they years that clade In July the fair is the day 16 of July and start day 12 and ends 18 we left the days but what I did not expect was the most awaited ably to leave on the 16^th day I remember that call from her brother. 

Eva I do not know how say this listen to her family crying in tears and the only just scream that passes say Julio had an accident and died my world went crying like I never could not believed in the most beautiful thing I had yelled at this brother please do not play either it his must be a Jake and the only one icry whit me to go  to his home for the wake I could not believe it was the strangest pain of my life. 

What an irony of life true Julio died in July despite all the time the most important thing remains for me my great love that I will never forget I have never met someone like him at every step still in my heart being still in the distance my great love and always permanecera and I know it every time that I mount my horse with the spurs end the vest of the one that my brother gave me. 

 

 

 A special moment for me was when I adopted my dog because he suffered a lot, they mistreated him a lot, they hit him with a broom and they threw him spoons, adopting it was one of the best decisions of my life, since now he looks happy, when I arrive my house he tried to hide under the furniture, he did not like dog food because in his previous house they gave him chicken, I taught him to eat dog food it was difficult but he already does it, I adopted him for 2 months, They called Docki , now he is 1 year and 6 months old, I changed his name and I put him Doggie, he grew up a lot and now he is happy, he goes for a walk twice a day in the morning and in the afternoon to relieve himself, I hope that one day can bring him here. 

In August of 2010 it was a very sad date for me, because my mom had to come to this country because she wanted to give me and my brother a better life in November of 2016 my mom as she usually calls me that day at 3 : 30pm I received a call from her and I heard her very happy and she told me daughter I have a news to you on December 10th they are going to come with me when she told me that I told her that is the most beautiful news of my life Thank God after 6 years that I separated from her at last we will be able to be together that day arrived on December 10 we arrived at the United State on  airport in Seattle and the flight attendant gave me a cell phone to call my mom that we had already arrived then we walked to the place where my mom was waiting for us and I was looking for her in the middle of so many people until I saw her and ran and she too and hugged her very loud and I said thank God, mom I could be with you for all my life that moment was the most beautiful of all my life Well I was happy to see my uncle after 12 years, now I am happy being with my mom and my stepfather who for me he is my dad we are a happy family and I thank God to share more any special moments of my life with them . 

 

Every day, the life that ended is a memorable one. Good and idol goes. Both good and idol are never forgotten. It is good to be thankful for the good memories and to be patient before the memories of the idol, and we must be in the very moment of our life. 

I lived in Afghanistan. I did go to 8th grade. I have been in the U.S. for less than 3 months. It took us 4 days to fly here. We stopped in Dubai, Germany, London and then Seattle. I am 15 years old. I have 2 brothers and 2 sisters. My father said, “We go to America.” I am very upset crying because I do not feel comfortable here, because some of my family and our friends are not here, and I have all the good memories of living in Afghanistan. I am happy living here in Kent. I tell my family, "I am thankful to be here."

My name is Rusul. I am 18 years old. I am from Iraq. I lived in Baghdad. I lived with my father, my mother and 3 of my sisters. I like to watch T.V., play video games, eat fruit and pizza, sleep early. My favorite activities are reading, writing, drawing, and listening to music.

 When I was young, I wanted to visit America  My greatest wish was to live there. I knew America was a country of freedom, security and stability. I was born in 1999. There was no war and fighting in my own country  In 2003, the war started in my country I was 4 years old  One day I was sitting with my family in the living room after the lunch. I told my father "I am want to go to the United States". My father said "Okay, we can ask your sister in Turkey about that" My mother said "Yes, your sister already has a case number with the United Nation, and she can add you to her case". Then we went to Turkish Airways office in Baghdad and booked three tickets. 

I went to Turkey and saw my sister. We went to Ankara for adding me to the case. We did many interviews, and we were waiting for a long time to have their proved for our case. One day in the morning the UN called my sister and told her to bring our passports. My sister was very happy and told us "we will fly to USA soon, they called me and told me to bring our passports, they will book our flight to Washington Seattle".

In 2016 I came to America to feel safe. I saw peace here not the sadness and the ravages of the war. In Iraq there was no freedom of expression, I am very surprised to see there is no difference between race, religion or doctrine here. I practice my freedom naturally and no one interferes in it. We have many customs and traditions in America, but in Iraq we lived by a tribal custom. I look forward to the future living here, I go to the school every day to learn English. I want to be active and helpful person here in my community and the society. 

One of my best moment of life is when I was in Afghanistan I was 7^th grade student that I went to Pakistan and I was absent about 10 day this the first time that I absent in my classes and after this when I came to school my teacher was so excited because she thing that I left school and I was the first position in my class and the second one is when I understand I will come to United State I was so excited from one side I was said but from other said I was very happy. On day that I want to leave my country it was the saddest day in my life because I leave my country and on that day my classmates came to my house and say goodbye for last time. When I arrived at United State everything's was new for me like different language, place, clutter, school and other things. On first day at new school in united states I was so excited because I saw student wait different styles and I thought that where I am? But by ending the time I become good and I was happy because other student that came it was very hard for them because they can speak English very well but I am lucky that I can speak English and my school and I am active in class and my grade is (A) in all my classes and what my teacher like about me is that I help my classmates and this help me to understand better at the end thanks to all my teachers: Winmill Marissa, Â , Williamson, LA and Yahyaoui, Marianne ..

 

Thank you so much for making my job easier than I thought it would be even on the days I wanted to trade you (and your phones) in for puppies and kittens and shoes!

You have my heart and I love you all!

I finished dressing in my clothes and went out of the house without tasting anything, and the water I did not drink. The car started moving, and in my mind, I said, “How is the pain of the operations? How is the pain that awaits me? How do I walk after the operation? Can I bear the pain? Can I run?”

We got to the hospital and started the drills before the operation: analysis of blood pressure measurement, examination of sugar. I entered the room assigned to me. I wore a dress in the color of the sky. Quiet at first and then my heart began to accelerate at the beat as the nurse came in. She entered a needle in the vein of my left hand, and I see her. But my thinking was more about the process than about myself.

And then the IV fluid appeared in my veins and was very cold and painful the first time. I was having harsh moments, feeling sad and nervous and in came the specialist. The doctor came and asked, “How do you feel? Are you ready for the operation?” My tears were in my eyes, and I said, “Of course, I am ready.”  And then came her anesthesia and she talked with me. I hear her but don’t know what she is saying. I do not remember only knowing that I go into the room to start the process. They pulled the bed I slept on and entered a corridor near the operating room, and I am thinking of the operation. It will be a long painful process. Do I feel it or not? They put a device on my nose and mouth, and I began to breathe strange air smells and felt rotten in my head. The walls of the room were revolving around me. Then I noticed that if I was outside this room, the operation was over, but the pain seemed to accompany me all my time. And here I am three months later. He is with me, not leaving me.