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Narrative Essay About Moving To America

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It was a decision that pacified my fears of moving to a new country from my hometown, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I could still remember that feeling I had experienced when my mother told me that, “We were moving to America”. I felt that time had stopped, and I couldn't think. I could not decide whether this life-changing sentence would forward to me or that would cause me to face more problems than rewards. I could not believe the fact I would not be able to see my childhood friend, and it was so badly when I realized the objects and people that I would miss. In fact, I developed a strong feeling that my family's move to America would bring me a better future. Lately, I have been more excited rather than being in a panic. I do have strong feelings …show more content…

The doors finally opened for me, but it took effort. Life was complicated during the transition stage when I was learning to accustom myself to a new language, culture, and customs. There were times in which I did not want to go to school, times I did not want to face humiliation, and times I wanted to return to Saudi Arabia. However, as time passed, I soon discovered what my mother tried to tell me by saying that life is a river you don't know what is on the other side. In our Holy book the (Quran) it says, “it may be that, you dislike a thing which is good for you”. After I graduated from high school, I attended the Community College of Denver and successfully finished one year College. I transferred to the University of the District of Columbia and I feel comforted after all I face from challenge in the beginning. In America, I decide how my future will turn out to be. It is up to me to use my independence with responsibility. My journey across the dark tunnel has taught me a priceless lesson: "Confidence is the result of hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication." I have used this lesson in adapting to a new environment as different as the USA, and I expect to use this lesson as my light to direct me when I stumble in new tunnels in the

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