The Move

 Third Blog:

Mother: sitting in the kitchen pondering about the day’s events that will change, life forever.  Wondering if all the planning that the family has made will work.  Before leaving the room, this morning bowing down to pray, hoping God is going to help lift the burden on the family.  The question to God is, will this be better for the children?

Weeks ago, a plan was prepared for your husband to go to America to establish a home for the family, and then they would join him in six months.  Your heart is pounding, how will you survive without him?  Father has taken care of this family since you have been married now the household is your responsibility.  Father would not be at the head of the table, and you will not share in the raising of the children for a while but it will be worth it in the end. 

How will the children handle not having their father for six months?  Your oldest daughter got married a year ago and now expecting her first child, she will need her father and mother to teach her how to be a good parent.  By the time she has the baby, you will be leaving for America.  Your son will miss his cousins, he is so close to them.  It saddens you when you told him that the family will be going to America for a better life for him.  He was not happy.  The twins are young, they don’t understand what is happening, they just think it’s a new adventure and can’t wait to reunite with their father once in America. 

The plan to get to America was not easy, all the money that was saved for retirement is now being used to get father to America.  He must get there in a boat with others trying to get to America.  You pray he does not get caught or the boat capsids.  There is family over there waiting for him, but you are still worried.  Will, the smugglers taking him to America be kind to him, you have heard stories of immigrants getting hurt by the smugglers and taking their money.

You think going to America will help the children get ahead by educating them in America and having them learn English to ensure they had a better future in their own native country.  When they learn English, they will be able to help other family members to survive in America.   

You have heard once children get to America, they become Americanized and do not keep the traditions of their country.  It will be a great heartbreak if the children lose their traditions.  Tradition is very important in your culture, and you don’t want the children to walk away from it. 

Will this change the family, you know it will, but you and your husband will make the sacrifice.  It will be difficult and stressful, but you love your family, and they need this to have better opportunities.

 

Well, let’s get this move started…