Miracles Are Possible

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The decision was made on early august. It was time to start packing up and saying our farewells to our over sized family. I had just turned 6 years old and wasn’t really sure what this trip meant. What I did know, was that this trip was something that would change our lives forever, especially the ones of my parents.

My dad was a politic back in Colombia; we had a very good and easy life thanks to his status. My mom had no real job; she was a mother of two at the time and was expecting my second brother so she spent most of her time painting. My older brother Julian was 5 years older than me; he always seemed to look after me when my mom was not around. My dad would call him my second father.

One day while packing my dad talked to me about our trip and how different and amazing life would be from then on. He showed me the plane ticket and it said “Boston, Massachusetts”. He told me how he used to live there by himself before I was born until I was about 1 year old. We talked about our future lives until we finished packing.

Going away from our family had to be very difficult for my dad. He had 14 brothers and sisters who were very attached to him; he was always the trustworthy one. For that reason they believed he became the most successful and the only one to leave the country in hope for a better life for all of us. I didn’t exactly know what to say to everyone because I didn’t know when I would be returning. Perhaps it would just be a vacation and we will all be together really soon.

One of the nights before the trip my mom became very ill. She had been pregnant for about 2 months at the time of the trip which started sounding a little suspicious to me and my brother because there was a lot of talking between our pare...

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...tor held a baby no bigger than a small Barbie on the palm of his hands. His words were “here is your son”. This struck dad like thunderbolt going straight through his body, he could not believe that a baby the size of a toy weighing no more than 2.5 pounds was his son. Steven was then taken into an incubator which he spend nearly 6 months in before visiting his new home. Mom also remained in the hospital for a few weeks, but luckily she was perfectly fine. The doctors called this a miracle, they were almost certain the surgery would not go as planned.

Even though Steven had to go through many difficult barriers during his time in the hospital, he became a normal healthy kid. There was the possibility of him becoming mentally challenged, or have some sort of disadvantage, but he overcame those possibilities and proved to everyone that miracles are possible.

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