My Family's Story

My family lived in a city in Mexico when I was five years old. I remember it because there were a lot of stores, and every day I went to buy candies. I remember because they were delicious and so many times I got sick from eating those candies. My grandpa had a ranch far from the city, and the whole family went there every weekend to dinner and we had fun. I remember that I liked to play with the chickens, bulls, and horses, but my grandpa said it was risky to play with bulls and horses because they could kick me. The name of the city where I lived was Tarimoro. I know it sounds weird even for Mexican people, but it's a nice place. I couldn't forget how I hurt myself when I tried to create experiments with dogs, cats, tv's, radios, medicines, and other things, but anyway it was fun.

When I was seven years old I had to move to another city because of my mom's job. The name of this city was Celaya. I can remember my grandpa helping us to move. He is a very nice person even when he is eighty four years old. The politicians in Celaya have good look outside, but inside they are beasts. They cheat and rob people without any mercy. That's why they fight against each other to get the power. The people have problems surviving because of the economy, people are poor and the politicians are rich or dead.

I came back to America after I was born and lived for five years. It wasn't difficulty getting used to it because my mother and I have been here before and we have family and relatives in America; that's why it wasn't any trouble. I was eight years old when I came back to America, but I didn't stay. I just came to visit the family and stayed the summer vacations.

There are a lot of things I like about living in America, but there are a lot of things I like about Mexico too. That's why it is hard to say which one is better. What I miss from Mexico are the people, the family and my grandpa, especially, because he didn't come with us. I live here in Seattle because of the people, most of them are nice, but there is something I disgust about Seattle... the climate is cold most of the time but sometimes it's kind of nice.

Diego, 5/7/98


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