Personal Narrative: My Experience Of Moving To Canada

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Despite only being 14 years old, I feel as if I have had quite a bit of defining moments in my life. I was just over two years old when my first huge defining moment occurred. My family originated from Sri Lanka and I was born there as well, unfortunately, during the time Sri Lanka was undergoing a civil war. My parents were afraid that if we stayed, our family wouldn’t come out unscathed and as a result, they decided to immigrate to Canada. The choice to move to Canada in the early 2002’s wasn’t a difficult decision as a lot of my family members were already there and thus made our transition a whole lot easier. Immigrating here has been a major defining moment as without it I most likely wouldn’t be the same person I am today. In addition,

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