My mother came to the United States by
herself. She was only about 20. She wanted to get in a college and be a
professor. She studied hard and she got in Albany University, as she wanted.
However, it was very hard and lonely time for her. When she got a little tired
of her life in the United States, she met an old friend. They had not been
really intimate. However, they got closed quickly. The friend was my father. My
mother and father met at a strange place and fell in love. They went back to
Korea and got married because everyone in Korea wanted to celebrate their marriage
together. My parents came back to United States immediately after the marriage.
They lived and helped each other. And I was born.
My parents loved to have a daughter, me.
However, it was the beginning of their most hard period of lived in United
States. My father lost his job because the company was bankrupted. My parents
opened a deli. My mother had to withdraw from the school temporarily. I was a
just born baby, and I could not be help for them. Finally, they decided to send
me to my grandmother, Korea. Even, neither my mother nor father could go to
Korea with me. They requested an American old woman to go Korea to bring me. My
grandmother picked me up at the airport in Korea. I was brought up by my
grandmother. My parents went back to Korea when I was 7, but I still lived with
her.
Now, I am in the United States. I moved
from Korea two years ago. I got in this high school as a sophomore, and I am a
senior now. My family is in Korea. I came here by myself, like my mother. I
live with aunts and uncle. I like to do the Internet, listen to music, chat
with my friends and etc. because I am an ordinary teenager. I have two troubles
recently. One thing is about my grandmother. One day, she said that she had
headache and measured her blood pressure. It was very high. She has high blood
pressure. I am very worry about her. I love her more than any other people. In
my situation, I can do only pray for her. The other one is about college
applying. I want to go an art school. I have to work on both tests and
portfolios. And I have to do school homework, too. I am really tired because of
lots of works. I am a tired ordinary high school student.
I want to be a fashion designer since I
was 13. I still want to have that job. My grandmother is always making
something. She knits lace and saws clothing. She made many clothes for me. She
influences my future dream. I do not have desire to be a famous designer in the
world. I just want to have my own shop and make what ever I want. I do not care
about fame and wealth. Actually, if I have fame and wealth, it will be good.
However, realization of my dream and ideal is the most important thing for me.
I will accomplish my dream and ideal. Therefore, I have to do my work that I do
not want to do.