My Trip To America Essay

In this paper I’m going to share with you, a very special event in my life. The day I came to the United States of America, a day I will never forget. A day I used to dream of even at the young age of 6. The day I reunited with my Beloved Mother.
America to me meant lots of chocolate, my Mother’s kisses and hugs. It meant I’d get a whole new wardrobe of clothes. It meant going out to eat every night. It meant all the loving and caring roles a mother plays in a child’s life.

My first day in America started out like this. It was Four O'clock in the evening, my brother and I were waiting for our next flight to Rochester,Mn, at the JFK Airport in New York.
I was so excited, I couldn’t believe I was finally in America. My brother sat across

from me smiling. He was wearing a dark brown dress-shirt and black jeans. “How do you feel, Aisha?” he said. “ Now that you’re finally in America”. I looked up from my third generation IPod that my mom bought for me years ago, and said “ I’m so happy, I can’t wait to see mother and settle in my new room, our new house. OMG!” I Jumped around excited. My brother laughed at me, and said he’ll go get us some food.

After what feel like years, it was time for our next flight. We went on the airplane. It wasn’t as good as the last one we went on, but it was ok. An hour and a half passed, when we landed, in Minneapolis,Mn Airport. We grabbed our luggages and called our uncle that was picking us up, and we told him that we arrived there. While we were waiting I told my brother that I’d go to the restroom to freshen up. On my way to the restroom, I was looking around at the people passing by me when I bumped into something hard. I looked up and it was a huge white guy, I straightened up, removed my hands from his chest and stepped back embarrassed. I heard him snicker a little and he said “be careful where you’re going, sweetie pie”. I quickly said sorry and hurried off to the restroom, not bother to look around anymore.

When I got back, my uncle was already there, he hugged and kissed me. He was surprised I grew up so much. After we put our luggage in his car, we went to get dinner at what looked like a fancy restraunt. I read the big board outside the place when we were coming in, and it said ‘Perkins’ that must be what it’s called. We sat down, and got comfortable, I looked at the menu for a few minutes, and then I decided that I’ll just go with the Grilled Salmon. My brother and my uncle were talking about the war in Somalia, and how we fled to Yemen, but I zoned out and started thinking about the guy I bumped into earlier at the airport. He was cute, he looked like he couple years older than me. I can still remember how his blue eyes twinkled in amusement. I bet he was thinking, Why some random immigrant bumped into him. I signed and assured myself that I have no chance with that ancient greek god looking man. This isn’t some sort of a movie cliche, where the girl bumps into the guy and they fall in love. This is real life!

I was brought back from my own little world, when my uncle asked me something.

He asked if I was done eating? I said I was done so we left the restaurant. It was one hell of a restaurant, I wonder if they have one in Rochester,Mn. We drove to Rochester,Mn, it took us about almost two hours. when we got to the city, I got nervous. This is it, the moment I’ve been waiting for, all three of us were standing outside a huge house. I’m finally going to see my mother, and I’m going to live with her, till death do us apart. Or marriage, hahaha. I ran to the front door of the house and knocked couple times, unable to hold in all the excitement. After the fourth knock my mother opened the door. I just stood there and froze, she was wearing a dress, a beautiful dress. It was turquoise and it had white flowers all over it, and she wore a white scarf over her head. My mother is a very beautiful women. she had the most mesmerizing light brown eyes ever. But age was getting to her, you could see the wrinkles around her face. I was brought back to reality when, my mother screamed my name, and grabbed me. I wiped my tears away quickly and hugged her back. we were like that for a bit, we even forgot about my brother and my uncle, who stood behind

us.

We settled in our new house, and we were all sitting in the living room. Drinking tea and chatting away. after I greeted my mom earlier I ran and checked out the whole house. Man! It’s beautiful, and it’s gonna be where I call home from now on. I smiled and stared at my mother, she noticed that I was staring so she smiled back and said “I’ve never been happier in my whole life”.