A Turning Point in My Life
was in school, I did not have anything to worry about. My
life was going to school, having fun with my friends, and
going everywhere I wanted to go. Everything was a game to
me. Then, we wake up and burst out of the bubble that we
live in. Age and experience teaches us what life really is.
The turning point in my life was when I found out that I was
going to become a mom. I was only 16 years old and I felt
that my world was falling apart.
I knew that my life was going to change a lot. Nothing
would ever be the same. I was very scared of what my
mother was going to say and do to me when she found out
that I was pregnant. Finally, when I got the courage to tell
her, she became very mad at me. She said that my privilege
of going to school was over. That from now on, I had to
work to provide for my child. At first, I was sad and mad,
but I know now that she taught me a good lesson. I learned
the meaning of responsibility and how to be responsible.
My daughter is 6 years old now, and she is a very happy
little girl. She is my life and joy. Sometimes we make good
or bad choices that change our entire lives. In the end, we
are responsible for the choices that we have made and the
life we are living. I can say that I am happy with most of
the choices I have made. It has not been easy for me to
overcome some of them, but I have. In the end, they have
been worth it. Now I know, and understand why our parents
say “life is not easy.” If we knew what all the right choices
were, we really would not be living life.
Yesenia Peralta is a student at The English Center.
I Once Was Lost, but Now I’m Found
Once, I lost someone whom I’d loved and was living
under a condition like homelessness. I fled between China,
Taiwan, Japan and Germany to find a place where I could
stay permanently, like a lost ship looking for a harbor where
it could lay anchor. Soon, I realized my struggle was in vain
and meaningless due to the great disappointment and
sadness I was feeling, so I decided to become a Buddhist
nun. One day I met a Japanese woman, who told me about