Suseth Zamora-Gonzalez Emily Litle . ~his wr sto English 121-002 (v! September 26, 2019 4 Journal #4 T always understood that my parents moved to the United States for the better. Better for themselves, better for their family, better for their kids, basically better for their future. But I didn’t fully understood their life back in Mexico that lead them to the decision of moving to the U.S. 1 also understood that if | went to Mexico when I was younger, like my parents ‘wanted me too, I wasn’t going to comprehend their life exactly because I was still a kid, But when | was 15 I told my parents that I wanted to go to Mexico and finally meet my family from Mexico and understand the life they left behind. I remember days before i was going to leave my whole family would tell me stories of when they were younger and how they lived life in Mexico. The way they would describe their surrounding they would make it seem like it was then most beautiful place on earth. Their was happy for the most part but they also knew and told me that the life I have now was nothing compared to their life. When it came to the day that I left for Mexico all I could do is go over all the stories that were told to me in my head over and over again.. When I finally landed all I did was look at my surrounding and really took everything in. When we got to where my moms parents live I had this feeling of relief and a lot of compassion. ‘Through that week that I was there I really recognized that my parents for the most part lived a happy life with the little that they had but it wasn't something that they wanted their kids to live through. And when it finally came for me to leave it was too hard because of much of themselvesthey left behind. And when I got to my house in the U.S. I broke down and cried when I saw both my parents and how much struggle they went through just so I can have this beautiful life they wish they had when they were younger. All I could remember was a lot of emotions going through me and just really making sure that their sacrifices were never to be forgotten and always in my mind. This made me the person that I am now because you don’t really understand everything around you until you experience or surround yourself in what your trying to understand,