Week 3

This week was a very interesting topic. We talked about Family relations when family members travel from country to country.  I have personally never thought about this before. I’ve noticed a lot in this class. This class has helped open my mind to the topic of families and how we all go through different family trails in our life. This week I couldn’t relate personally but I was able to try and Imagin the struggle that it would have been. We had read a story prior to class to help us get an idea of what a family goes though when a family wants to come to America and what it takes for them to do so.  

We started off with looking at a family that wants to come to America. The Father is working a job that he is very skilled at and his making good money to help support his family. The Mother was a stay-at-home mom taking care of her 2 children, that was her job. They had the desire to come to America so that their children could go to better schools and have a better future. Their desires and intentions were very valid, wanting your children to have a better life than yours is very normal for a parent. They have this dream and save and plan to make it come true.  

Once the time has come, the father leaves first to make sure that it is safe for the rest of his family. For the father to travel it is a very long and dangerous journey. The traveling alone is very hard on the father both physically and emotionally. For the mother and kid, it's also very hard because they are now living without a father figure and will be for a longtime. The father finally makes it to America, and he was able to find a job in construction. He can't get a job like he had back home because he is in America illegally and does not have the right documentation. His situation is a struggle going through all this alone. When he gets paid, he still needs to send money to his family so that they can save up to come to America as well. 

During this time the mom had to get a job to help support her family on her own, she has help from her husband and close family members but it's not the same as it was before. The mom is struggling because she does not have that constant companionship from her husband to help support her. She is working extra hard to help take care of her children. The children are mad at their father because he left them, and they don’t quite understand why. Their family relationship is going through a lot because of the changes that they are going through. A few years pass and their mom and kids are ready to make the trip to America.  

Their trip is a lot more exceptive and dangerous. Things have changed sense the dad left to travel and get to America, which Is very hard for them. Once they got to their dad their relationship changed demonically sense before their dad left. The relationship between the husband and wife has changed because they have been apart for so long it’s not the same as it was. The relationship between the kids and their dad was different because he has been away for so long, he seems like a stranger to them.  

I could never imagine what this must feel like because I was blessed to be born here in America. I can tell there was a great struggle for each family that has made a trip like this. This lesson has opened my understanding for these families. I hope that the people reading this can understand and feel for them as well. Thank you for reading, I hope this has opened your hearts to these families.