I've always been one to keep strong and just hold things in, but I finally feel like I'm going to burst.
Since I was a child my family has been moving back and forth across the country, and this has not only affected my social life with friends but also my family life. I never got to spend much time with my father because of all this moving around and frankly I'm glad of it. He will never see me as his daughter, all I am to him is some crazy girl who needs Jesus. Yeah, my dad is a religion freak. My mom had always been the one person who I felt would always love me and I could never disappoint, but last year when we found out that I wouldn't be able to attend college because of my undocumented status (I was born in Mexico) she kicked me out and left me on the streets. I was never a problematic daughter; I studied hard on the weekdays and worked at a restaurant on my weekends. If it weren't for my older brother in California I would have ended up begging for a meal at a soup kitchen.
So now I'm living with my brother, trying to finish high school an not knowing what kind of future I'm going to have. And while I'm extremely grateful to my brother and his wife's family for taking me in, I'm tired of his mother in law treating me like a maid. I cook and clean but have no rights of my own like getting to go out with friends. She thinks I'm scum and don't deserve any better treatment. I know I sound like I'm a whiny kid but I'm only 16 and this is no way for a girl my age to live. I've never done any wrong to anyone so I don't see why I have to live this way.. | |
Actually dear, Mexicans aren't stealing jobs from anyone, we simply take the jobs that Americans are too lazy to do. Mexicans don't go around hunting down Americans and plotting ways to steal their jobs; they earn them by being hard workers. Just a few months ago I scored one of the top 10 best TCAP scores in my district so clearly I'm not falling behind any Americans, and if anything deserve to have those things more than that white trailer trash you're so proud of.
Have a great day, Mercy! :D
Don't loose hope! You are doing well, doing what you can do- and don't let pricks get you down. You're not a "whiny" kid. You deserve to be happy just like everyone else. Why don't you have a talk with your brother and tell him how you feel? I'm sure that he would encourage you to go out with your friends?
And just as a reminder- The UNITED STATES was originally a refuge for the UNWANTED, THE POOR, AND THE UNDESIRABLE. It is a melting pot of cultures and beliefs. We are free to speak our minds, bear arms, believe in our own gods, and live peacefully amongst each other-
I am sorry for Mercy's post. It was hurtful-
Be strong dear-
Your friend-
Cursed
Your brother's mother in law is right, you're nothing but a maid waiting to get knocked up so you can get the good CA. Bennies and drive around in a salvage title mercedes s class painted in a color that mercedes doesn't produce. Then, you'll hold up the express line because you have 9 items more than the 15 allowed, and you have to get your little stamps out and they have to ring up the old english 40 ouncers separate from the colored sugar water and lucky charms.
So, unless you're willing to rat out your parents, who are here illegally as well, and ship all your asses back to where you came from, I must hate you. And I do...mightily.
My parents are no longer living in this country, my dad is in Mexico and my mom in Japan. So even if I wanted to turn their illegal asses in, I can't. And god knows how much I wish my parents would have left me behind in Mexico, or sent me to Japan where I have citizenship. Only problem is that I have no idea how to live in those countries, I can speak the languages but that's it. Otherwise I'd go in a heartbeat.
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