Coming to US
One of the transitions that I have experienced in the past is coming to America, early in the morning of August 1991, I left my mother and the house where I'd grown up. My mother helped me carried heavy suitcases to the bus station. "Have you gotten everything what you need?', my mother asked. About a quarter of mile on the way to the bus station, my mother began talking about missing me in sad voice. "When you arrive in the US, remember to write me letter," My mother said. "Yes, I'll send letters and picture too." I replied. My Mom I rode the bus together to Saigon City. We stayed at my relative's house for a night. We were very tired from sitting in the crowed bus while moved shakingly on the unprepared road. The next morning, my mother and I took a taxi to the airport. I had my ticket and waited for them to call me. This movement was so important to me. I couldn't say anything to my mom for I was afraid that she wouldn't let me go. Either she would cry or I would. Tears blinded her eyes. She held my hands with her shaking hands and pleased with a suffering voice, "Take care of yourself and be good." I was almost in tears, so I could hardly speak. Suddenly, I called to the departure gate. I passed the suitcase to my right ha
The journey from Vietnam had ended. Now I began a new journey adjusting to life in the US. Bridges states that "The neutral zone is not an important part of the transition process-it is only a temporary state of loss to be endured" p. 112. This would be my neutral transition by leaving my mom and the place where I grew up to an unfamiliar family. This transition has not been an easy one for me. As if I were born again, I have had to learn everything- every single word I speak and every action I take. "New beginning are accessible to everyone, and everyone has trouble with them." Bridges p.141. For better life and opportunity I am glad I have made this transition. Bridges said, "Genuine begins depend upon this kind of inner realignment rather then on external shifts, for when we are aligned with deep longings." P 138. I new In America, one thing I do know, technology will not frighten. When I take the next trip by plane, I won't have any problem using the toilet and I will be able to ask for sugar for my coffee. I arrived in Portland after traveling for a week half way cross the world. Everything was strange to me. My father was waiting for me at the gate. I walked to my father but I did not hug him. At that time I felt that he was a stranger. However, he walked toward me and held me in his happy arms with all the love he missed for ten years. With him was my stepmother whom I had not seen before. Ten minutes later, the airplane turned around and began to take off. I saw my Mom though the tiny unclear window as she raised her hand high for me to see while I was inside the airplane. I wept my tear and felt that I had lost something very important that I would never find again. Sitting in the plane, I aske
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Approximate Word count = 1158
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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