Essay About Moving Away

Descriptive Essay It was a warm summer day after the school year when my parents came to tell my two siblings and me that we were flying to Vietnam to visit extended family for the first time since my parents and my two siblings immigrated. My stomach was full of butterflies and my head was full of worries. What if they didn’t like me? Not only was it the first time I will meet my parent’s family, it was the first time I traveled long distances. My parents packed a pair of red suitcases and drove their old white van to the municipal airport. The airport had a handful of people leaving to go on their own summer vacations. After we boarded our plane to the Chicago O’Hare International Airport, the plane took off. The memory of the flight between Davenport and Chicago is foggy, but I do remember the takeoff from Chicago to Hong Kong. I, as the curious young child, got the window seat. The view showed buildings …show more content…
The duck had its own coup-like structure, but shared the same chicken-wire fenced area.. One of chickens would be accidently be killed a few days later by a pebble to the head, driven in by one of my cousin’s slingshot. We ate that chicken the same day, to honor its life and usefulness. It was then my aunt told my brother and me to follow her, to show us the backyard. It was an entire forest. We trekked between the tall, leafy parasols shading us from the hot tropical sun. As we moved further into the grove, I could hear the wildlife. There was a constant drone from cicadas, chirping from both birds and crickets, and the occasional croak from frogs, until there was also the rush of water. As we moved, the rush of water became the roar of a waterfall. I stood by the waterfall, taking in the landscape and sounds. Never in my life had I heard or seen such pristine natural beauty. I had lived my life in the urban jungle of Davenport, Iowa, and had only seen parks spared from the blight of human

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