Immigration Monologue

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Tomorrow, I thought to myself. I was not ready to leave all the memories and laughter I had lived. I felt like I was leaving a piece of me behind, I told myself that I could not turn back. I had to move forward to start a new chapter of my life. At that moment, I began to hope and mostly believe in new possibilities. As I woke up, tears were falling down my face. I couldn’t believe that I was going to leave my hometown, my native land, my motherland. I had no words to describe the desolation I felt. My body tightened; immersed in my despair I finally decided to go and take a cold shower and brush my teeth. I had confusing and anxious thoughts. I was feeling defeated because I couldn’t do anything about it anymore but at the same time as a natural optimist, I was …show more content…

He was very nice and especially very comprehensive everything was sorted then he thought of going in a plane made me shiver again. We arrived in London, we were greeted by a Spanish lady, she tried to speak to us in French but her effort was lamentable. Anyway, we preceded with the paper work then we immediately stepped on the plane, a thousand form of fears and questions invaded my brain once again I was immersed in my own thoughts. Finally exhausted and elated we arrived so we wander until I saw my mother, I blenched. I rubbed my eyes to be sure it was her, I was dumbfounded. Happy as a clown she greeted us warmly and then we left. Then we saw a panel that said: “Welcome to Scotland”.
What this experience taught me is that leaving a place where you were born and lived all the best memory of your life is difficult. Looking back, I realised how childish and immature I was, this is because I was terrified to leave. But now as a natural optimist I say to myself happily: “Non, je ne regrette rien” (No, I don’t regret

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