The event that changed my life




17 november, 2021

Can you imagine how I and my family felt when we had to move from the rural area to the city?
If you are one of those children who were part of the migration at some point in their life,you can have an idea of what I felt, but despite that, I will be very grateful if you answer this question in the comments: How do you think I felt at that time?

And yes, I was excited, surprised but also scared.
I was a child when this happened, so this did not affect me so much compared to the other members of my family, and I discovered this through my grandfather a few years ago. He have explain me how the moved has affected the whole family, and I want to share my ideas, thought and feelings about his explanation.

First, he said that my parents were searching more benefits, mod cons, and this carried out them to search new jobs in the city, they start to planning go out from the rural area. At the end they could achieve their goal, that was to find good jobs in the city, so this was an important step to move out.

My grandfather told me that all the members of the family were very excited and anxious about the oncoming date in which we have to move to the city. He said that my parents knew that we were going to have a cultural shock although we had only migrated in the same country. But the shock was only not in the cultural part, it was also in the technological, all things were different, the system was stricter, and people were more competitive.
The family never felt so vulnerable.

The part that surprised me was when he said that with the passage of time my parents started to feel inferior, because of the curriculum, abilities, knowledge of their companions, and although my parents were passing through many obstacles they decide to continuous because the education in the city was better.

The urge to cry invaded me at that moment, because I hadn't imagined that, I know that our process of adaptation was very difficult and long, but I didn’t know that they were feeling out of place and also different.

I felt guilty for a part because apart from what my grandfather said, at that moment, when we just migrated, I thought that I was the only one who felt like this, different, out of place because I saw them very busy and excited most of the time while I was feeling very lonely and vulnerable.

After a long time, a lot of dedication, and a good attitude, the whole family was able to adapt to the city, we realized that the frustrating thing was only in the beginning and when we saw that our performance and work served, we were encouraged and began to enjoy the things that the city could give us.

With all the things that my grandfather told me in that moment, I can say that migration is one of the most difficult ways to achieve the life we want, because moved to another place, is to get away of the things that in some point in life you consider important, but it is also one of the ways in which we can get many experiences, opportunities and knowledge of world.


   









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