The dictionary defines Lineage as "the line of descendants of a particular ancestor; family; race" But do
you know what your lineage is, what the story of your being is? Have you ever asked your parents how
you ended up in America, in a country with endless opportunities? Have you ever wanted to know the
history that lies behind your parents' arrival or grandparents' arrival into this country?
My blog, "Lineage: The struggle you never knew" is going to give you a look into those families who have immigrated to this great country only to give their children a better future. My blog will allow you to hear first hand experiences of people that gave up a lot for their families, for their future. You will see interviews with parents or grandparents, what they had to leave behind as adults and what they had to face upon arrival.
I am especially interested in this subject because it touches my heart and its a personal experience that I myself have had. I remember the struggle my parents went through because I was 10 years old when we came into this country. I remember the friends, the jobs, the family that my parents left behind only for me and my sister to have a good education that will allow us to live a better than the life they had. That's all every parent wants for their children, a better life.
My mother was a teacher and my father was a realtor, they both had great social lives and were living a comfortable life. In 1998, we got the news that our sponsorship to the U.S. got approved and we would be leaving April 1999. We were, obviously, ecstatic and started preparing for our departure. For me and my sister, it all sank in when we arrived at the JFK and basked in the American sun and soil. Our life had changed forever.
It wasn't all that great for my parents who ended up living as guests at a relative's house for too many months, earned a little over minimum wage and worked almost 60 hours a week, this was not the life they had dreamed of. They struggled a lot, dealt with going from a group of close friends to not having anyone else to talk to but each other. Working so much and barely seeing their children was hard on them. At one point they even had to send me and my sister away to another relative's house for a couple months. They wanted better, and this wasn't it. After almost 15 years, they are still living the hard life but find happiness in their quaint town-home in Delaware with no one else but each other to converse with.
My blog, "Lineage: The struggle you never knew" is going to give you a look into those families who have immigrated to this great country only to give their children a better future. My blog will allow you to hear first hand experiences of people that gave up a lot for their families, for their future. You will see interviews with parents or grandparents, what they had to leave behind as adults and what they had to face upon arrival.
I am especially interested in this subject because it touches my heart and its a personal experience that I myself have had. I remember the struggle my parents went through because I was 10 years old when we came into this country. I remember the friends, the jobs, the family that my parents left behind only for me and my sister to have a good education that will allow us to live a better than the life they had. That's all every parent wants for their children, a better life.
My mother was a teacher and my father was a realtor, they both had great social lives and were living a comfortable life. In 1998, we got the news that our sponsorship to the U.S. got approved and we would be leaving April 1999. We were, obviously, ecstatic and started preparing for our departure. For me and my sister, it all sank in when we arrived at the JFK and basked in the American sun and soil. Our life had changed forever.
It wasn't all that great for my parents who ended up living as guests at a relative's house for too many months, earned a little over minimum wage and worked almost 60 hours a week, this was not the life they had dreamed of. They struggled a lot, dealt with going from a group of close friends to not having anyone else to talk to but each other. Working so much and barely seeing their children was hard on them. At one point they even had to send me and my sister away to another relative's house for a couple months. They wanted better, and this wasn't it. After almost 15 years, they are still living the hard life but find happiness in their quaint town-home in Delaware with no one else but each other to converse with.
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