Home is definitely a lot more than just four walls, a roof or chimney. Home for me 
is a sweet place, but yet the most important part are people who create a unique and specific atmosphere. Home is the place that I feel the most comfortable. It is where my good memories and feelings arise. I left my home and birthplace many years ago. I chose the U.S. for my second homeland. However I don't remember even one day living in Chicago when I haven't thought and missed people who are close to my heart.
is a sweet place, but yet the most important part are people who create a unique and specific atmosphere. Home is the place that I feel the most comfortable. It is where my good memories and feelings arise. I left my home and birthplace many years ago. I chose the U.S. for my second homeland. However I don't remember even one day living in Chicago when I haven't thought and missed people who are close to my heart.The most im
portant part of my life which I left behind are my parents and siblings. When I arrived in Chicago I felt so alone and homesick. My family members and close friends were living in Poland. I have missed Sunday afternoons when sometimes almost thirty people had been sitting around the dinner table. My home was always crowded and full of life. In Chicago my life is much calmness. On occasion, I have prepared dinner for four, but usually my Sundays here are very quiet. I have remembered taste of homemade foods, goodies with those special flavors which I can only experience in my parent's house. In Poland I left my four siblings. Since I'm the oldest,I used to had some responsibility to them. For instance my vacation I had baby sitter for my youngest siblings. At that time I hated my free time after school, but these days I have missed past years and memories. Even though they are far away, my parents and siblings are always close to my mind and heart. I will never forget the first time when I was back home after five years to not seeing my family. We were overwhelmed with joy to seen each other.
portant part of my life which I left behind are my parents and siblings. When I arrived in Chicago I felt so alone and homesick. My family members and close friends were living in Poland. I have missed Sunday afternoons when sometimes almost thirty people had been sitting around the dinner table. My home was always crowded and full of life. In Chicago my life is much calmness. On occasion, I have prepared dinner for four, but usually my Sundays here are very quiet. I have remembered taste of homemade foods, goodies with those special flavors which I can only experience in my parent's house. In Poland I left my four siblings. Since I'm the oldest,I used to had some responsibility to them. For instance my vacation I had baby sitter for my youngest siblings. At that time I hated my free time after school, but these days I have missed past years and memories. Even though they are far away, my parents and siblings are always close to my mind and heart. I will never forget the first time when I was back home after five years to not seeing my family. We were overwhelmed with joy to seen each other. The most influential person in my early childhood was my grandma. She had a fragile figu
re and gray hair, but she also had a strong opinions and very open mind. Nobody could be better to me. She always kept her eyes on her grandchildren, but especially on me. I always felt very comfortable in her presence. I remembered her sadness when I have lived for my journey to the America. I never had chance to cuddle with her again, she passed away a year after I left Poland. I have missed my grandma, who was special woman and who had been like an angle to me. She had been with me when I was child and I know she is watching after me now.
re and gray hair, but she also had a strong opinions and very open mind. Nobody could be better to me. She always kept her eyes on her grandchildren, but especially on me. I always felt very comfortable in her presence. I remembered her sadness when I have lived for my journey to the America. I never had chance to cuddle with her again, she passed away a year after I left Poland. I have missed my grandma, who was special woman and who had been like an angle to me. She had been with me when I was child and I know she is watching after me now.Another impor
tant person in my live who I have lost is my girlfriend Beata who is living in Poland. My live sometimes feels empty without her. We were always together and spend hours talked about everything..The most important is tat we understand each other perfectly until today. Only she knows all my secrets, fears and concerns. This friendship has let me believe in people and understand the word best friend. I have met many people here and with some I have good contact. Some of them I call friends, but Beata is only true friend. I'm pretty happy that the time and ocean have never set us a part. I miss her advises and sense of humor. Because of today's technology, we can talk often, but it is never the same.
tant person in my live who I have lost is my girlfriend Beata who is living in Poland. My live sometimes feels empty without her. We were always together and spend hours talked about everything..The most important is tat we understand each other perfectly until today. Only she knows all my secrets, fears and concerns. This friendship has let me believe in people and understand the word best friend. I have met many people here and with some I have good contact. Some of them I call friends, but Beata is only true friend. I'm pretty happy that the time and ocean have never set us a part. I miss her advises and sense of humor. Because of today's technology, we can talk often, but it is never the same.As a result, what I have lost in the activity of translating from Poland to the U.S.? The answer is people who are close to my heart. I never fought that my journey to the U.S. have been going until today. But after all these years, I'm still here and I tie my future to this land. Chicago has the second largest Polish population after our capital city Warsaw. Therefore I have easy access to Polish culture. I can talk with people in my native language, I can read Polish papers and listen Polish radio. In one word, Chicago has everything to keep my Polish heritage alive. However in the same time people that give me comfort, calmness and happiness live far away. I miss my family and friends and my heart is broken when I thing about them.
Elzbieta Jira-Gaca
4 comments:
Hi Elizabtka,
Your last essay is much better and filled with feelings and a kind of poetry. It gives us all your heart and how you are trying to live in your 'second land'. I think life is full of 'lost and gain', but everything contributes to our growth and to make us more understanding people. Suffering, small or big, can be hard to handle, but it is important to live well the present moment and to figure out who needs our help now.
I agree with Cintia. Life is really full of "lost and gain". You will never know what happen in the following minite. For my opinion, even though my homesick is hurting me every day, I am still feeling exciting every day because tomorrow will be better.
Hi.
Even thoug your essay alredy commented four people when I read it I couldn't refuse myself to comment it. What I wanted to say is that I feel exacly like you. This is something special that only you and me in this class can understand it.
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