FLORINDA SORTO
ESL FOR FAMILIES
MY MOTHER (AS TOLD TO HER DAUGHTER)
My mother’s name was Hilda Sorto. My mother lived in El Salvador. She
passed away in 1992. She was a friendly and humble person. She had
short hair and she was very short. She had a big heart and she didn’t care
if she didn’t eat as long as everyone ate before her. I remember we went to
pay some bills and I was thirsty so my mother went to buy me a coke and I
didn’t know that that was the only money she had left and she didn’t care
spending it on me. I was very sad and I told her one day I would help her the
same way she helped me. That was when I chose to come to this country to
find a better future and work hard to help my mother and my siblings. I left
everything I had to come to the United States because I knew I was going to
have better opportunities, as do the millions of people that leave everything
behind to have a better future. I love my country El Salvador but the United
States is my home as well as the home of millions who are being separated
from their families. I pray to God that everything changes for the better and
not for the worse and this separation of families stops.
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