Personal Narrative - To Leave or To Stay

To Leave or To Stay

Have you ever felt lost? Have you ever felt scared of the future not knowing what to expect and what to do? If you have then you have experienced a crisis that you had to resolve in order to continue your life normally. Sometimes it is really hard to know what is best and to realize what have to be done, and the younger you are the harder it is. No matter what you think though, the only way to solve your problem is to sit down and think about it and come up with all the positive sides and all the negative sides of the situation, and then decide what you should do.

I was 16 years old when I faced my biggest crisis. I did not know what to do; I even refused to think about it. I thought everything was going to resolve itself but that was impossible. My mother had received an opportunity to come legally to the United States as permanent residents and she was also allowed to take her family with her – my father, my brother and me. They seemed to be happy about it. That was their dream, but I didn’t know what to think and whether to be happy or sad about this. The thought that I had to leave everything I owned and everything I loved and then go somewhere else to start a whole new life scared me. What about all the friends I had? What about the relatives… my dog? What about the beautiful Bulgarian mountains and lakes and the Black Sea, and my little garden in the back yard. What about my whole life up to that point. Would I still be able to come back to it? Would it be the same? Would my friends still be my friends and remember me? I was confused and scared. There were so many questions in my head. I was afraid to imagine leaving even for a part of the second.

Time was passing and my crisis did not resolve i...

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... much time together, we still kept in touch and we were not going to forget each other. My sweet best friend, the German Shepard Nora waited for me by the door and gave me a big kiss when she saw me. She looked good and healthy due to my responsible and caring grandparents that took care of her. The other good thing was that I like traveling anyway, so now I have one more good reason to travel more often. This is also why I want to share my favorite quote with you:” Distance isn't for the fearful, it's for the bold. It's for those willing to spend a lot of time alone in exchange for little time with the ones they love. It's for knowing a good thing when they see it even if they don't see it nearly enough.” I do not know who said this, but I know that it sounds right. Now I know that I have made the better decision and I am glad that I came over to the United States.