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This is story is of my father and I and how we arrived to United States. We just like any other immigrant we arrived here probably for same reasons such as political, economical, or just wanted to be close to our family here in United States.

I was to young to remember the struggles that my dad had to endenor for us to get to United States. We weren't fortune enough to have permission into United States like the rest of the family. However, the family came up with plan that would get my father and I into United States. My dad was terrify in crossing the border. The chances was very slim if you pass to other side and slimmer taking a four year old daughter with you. My dad faced the dilemma of taking me especially that he had to papers that he had custody of me. Before, leaving Guatemala he was desperately trying get my biological mother release full custody of me. Finally, he had enough of her games. He couldn’t understand why she was trying to still keep hold on me, went she decided to walk away from our life. So he made best decision that was best for the both us. He pack up whatever belonging he could and our journey began.

His first dilemma was getting me us out of Guatemala especially went we didn’t have permission granted to leave the country. He manage to pass the Guatemala border, the bus he was on was stop and police question what busy everyone had heading to Mexico. When the police approach my dad and I the police just asked what was his plans into Mexico. My dad reply, I’m taking my daughter to see her mother she lived in Mexico City. The police officer never asked to see any of our documents. We made through our first check point. All this time my dad was conceived he was going to get caught and worried about my sa...

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...l, family and work. Learning second language was very beneficial granted him so many opportunity that was available for him to advance in company. Beside learning new language that was only obstacle he faced when acquiring second language. How my father and I differ in acquired new language are age was also factor, as young child I had absorb and quickly learn new language ,how ever as adult my dad still was capable in learning new language but not easily to compared quickly.

Emotion can affect deeply all depends are words begin express. As for my dad he like to express his emotion if he anger, happy over joy in native language with is Spanish. He find it easier to convey his feeling his native tongue and there more emphasis and emotion being deliver in your mother tongue. The phase it certainly true sometime your real emotion can be loss in translation.