Melinda Luong: My Hero

Whether it’s at school or the Olympics, everyone wants to be first place and it grabs everyone attention to become the best. A gold medal represents the effort and energy which they strive to accomplish and achieve. Everyone in my life who support and care about me deserves a gold medal, but there is one person that has been always there to help. I know it is cliche and common to say but I haven’t given enough credit for this one person, my mom. ‘Melinda Luong’ or ‘mom’ is a name I will always smile to. She is the one who is determined to make my life successful and prosperous. The definition ‘happy’ is what she make me become and although she sometimes stresses me, I know for a fact that she is the one person I can rely on for my entire life. She has fought and sacrificed so much for my generation to be happy. I undoubtedly believe that my mom

Unlike many kids today, she didn’t have television, cell phones, or technology and you can say she wins a gold medal because of that. But, her life started in January 5th, 1969 and she was born in Cambodia with her siblings. She didn’t remember her childhood back then and all she could imagine was the communists taking over her home and life. Whenever she told her horrifying stories in Cambodia, it would make me tear up. She had to hide with her family, sleep on the floor, and walk all day and night. One story that I will always remember is when she walked to Thailand from Cambodia when she was the age of ten. There were landmines on the way to Thailand, specifically up the mountains, and her family had to face this terrifying experience. They had to walk step by step, carefully without tripping, and gladly she made it. This is worth a gold medal that indicates her concentration, hard work, and her survival. Now, she is a mom working for a successful company with a perfect family. Everything that she has done to survive, sacrifice, and care is all worth this ‘gold