Home Coming

The Home Coming

Many family members who live in third world countries fears when a love one of theirs leaves his birth country and travels to America for the pursuit of the American dreams. No doubt that moving is necessary, but why is it when one enters this land of dreams some forgets their morals, values, traditions and families? For this, many fear that their love one would never be seen again. Home coming marks a time a young Cameroonian man in his early twenties travelled to the "land of dreams" in the pursuit of making his dreams possible. A month before his departure he announced to his mother that he would be traveling to America. When she heard the word "America" it felt like he was piercing her heart. To her, America meant she has lost her only son. She got on her knees with tears in her eyes and started to plead with her dear son to reconsider his trip. The young man refuses and could not understand why his mother was not happy to hear the news of traveling to this "land of dreams." To the young man traveling to this dreamland could change their lives around for a better one.

The departure date came, as they left the village in the car ride, she cried all the way to the airport pleading with her loved that she rather live as poor as a rat then have a good life like a queen and lose him. He board the plan and departed, and she returned home very sad and broken like a vase. The first six months after the son's departure, she was always seen sitting on her rocking chair in front of her hut crying with a handkerchief in her hand. Her eyes were as swollen as a balloon; the spot the chair was placed on became her favorite because it was facing the road, that way when her son returned she would be the first one to see him.

Back in the "land of dreams" this young man being so naïve thought his dreamland was a land of gold and diamonds. His thinking was as he arrives, he would get a taste of his American dreams. He was not aware that in this land of dreams, one has to work hard and go through many struggles to get a taste of American dreams. As he begin to realizes American dreams has to be worked for, a friend of his got him a job at Danny's and told him washing the floors at Danny's was the first step to pursuing his American dreams. Getting the job made it possible to calling his mother on a regular base.

In Cameroon, his worried mother had given up on life. She was seen in that rocking chair day and night. She cried along with the raindrops. Neighbors tried encouraging her to have hope and pray for her dear one but she had already convinced herself that her son would never be united with her again.

Ten years later, his travelled to the "land of dreams" in the pursuit of making all his dreams possible had finally paid off. He was now married with two children, a successful nurse, and had a home in the

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