My grandma sponsored my mother and I here to the U.S. We had to part with my dad when I was 2. They got divorced after my mom sponsored him here because my dad felt he was being wronged by my mom. He never paid for child support and fled. That was disappointing since we were the ones to always care for him. We sent him money every month while we were separated for 7 years despite how poor we were and how much we were struggling. All my life, I’ve been raised by a single mom. She had to work hard in order to provide for my 2 sisters, myself, and my grandma. My mom says I must carry the burden of being the eldest daughter while being the first to go to college in the family. I’ve always had to translate and explain just about everything to my mom since I was young. She does not speak nor understand English well. It gets stressful at times because I would from time to time, not understand the things she’s trying to do (mortgage, insurance, taxes, financial matters, etc.). Therefore, I couldn’t understand what the people were trying to tell her in return. I had to develop people skills in order to ask others in a polite manner to help us. I had to learn how to talk to people and interact well with them. That was how my family was able to keep going with our lives, asking others for help when we needed it. They say students are scared to ask questions because they don’t want to look dumb. I guess that’s why I’m able to ask questions all the time because I’ve had to do so my whole life in order for my family to survive.
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