School Year

My parents came to the United States 1993 and lived in Wisconsin with my Grandparents for a while until I was born in Green Bay, January 13, 1998. When I was around 1 or 2 year old, we move to live in St. Paul, Minnesota and then move to live in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, when I was 5 or 6 year old. While growing up in St. Paul, I barely see my parents because they always working and barely had anytime with me since whenever they get home, they would be exhausted. So most of the time I would play by myself or just snoop around my dad medical books because in Laos my dad use to be a doctor and a dentist, so looking at his medical books always fascinated me, maybe that’s why I’m interest in the medical field. However, the struggle my parents went through to pay the bills, putting foods on the plate, buying clothes for the kids, etc… influenced and shaped my life while growing up.         

To start off, there is multiple challenges that impacted my life. The challenge that impacted my life the most was my sister because when she was around 14 year old, she causes a lot of problems to my parents. She would steal, sneak out with her boyfriend, party, fraud, etc… Every night I would see my mom cry because my mom was hurt by how my sister can do that to them. It hurt me also, but I also fear that I was going to lose my sister because she basically was like a mom to me since she took care of me when I was a kid, especially when my parents always working. Eventually my parents decide to put her in host home because they couldn’t keep up with her anymore, even all the lecture they give her, and she wouldn’t even listen to them. As years goes by, she finally change into a better person which I was glad that she did because I miss her and she finally came back home. This challenge taught me a lot of things. It taught me that I shouldn’t be hurting my parents them, after seeing how much my mom cry over my sister and seeing my sister hurt my mom, I never want to hurt my mom at all or see her cry anymore. I want to be able to take care of my parents, so they wouldn’t have to worry about working or bills.