It is have to be as personal journal narrative in the first person , I have 43 years old so keep that on mind I have a son to. a teenager son, Double space , use of metaphor and story-telling.

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Gomez, 8
Journal
I am currently at an age, where I am gradually losing my youth and anticipating the old age to come. As a woman in early 40s, I have seen many things in my life that I reminisce and think I may have done differently. However, what I am today, is the culmination of all experiences that I have had in the past. So I do not necessarily regret it.
Just like Morrie who had a rough childhood and upbringing, I was too born in a humble middle-class family in Cuba. Cuba is a small island country that has have a past of political instability, and high reverence for a socialistic society. All these external factors did have an impact on my life and in my father’s life in particular. Since, I had an aunt who lived in America, I visited America for the first time as a teenager in early 1990s. I have to admit that I was complexly taken aback by the grandiose and magnificence of the big country. I know now, why America is called land of hopes and dreams, I remember, as a child, when I first visited a supermarket with plethora of fruits, vegetables and other types of food items, the joy inside me knew no bound. Though, my cousin failed to comprehend my joy and exuberance, as it might have sounded very trivial to them, for me it was a very big things. Having growing up in socialistic society and a somewhat autocratic regime, such small things were luxury for us.
The life in Cuba was extremely laid-back, it is still not uncommon to see depilated buildings, insinuating the old glory and legacy that is somewhere lost in the times. Though, songs like Havana by Camilla Camillo have sensationalised my home city and people think of it as a tropical paradise, but in reality the things were different and are still very different.
In Cuba, the average monthly income of an individual is extremely low and even things like internet are seen as luxury. If this is the scenario in contemporary times, it is not hard to image what it must have been in days of youth. As I a teenager, I wandered through the street of America, the hustle and bustle of the city, the cosmopolitan society that appealed to me the most. I had a moment of epiphany that anybody can belong to this place. It was not just I who thought that way, my father who was a taxi driver in Cuba, thought the same way. It was then, it was decided that we would shift to America, the melting pot of cultures and land of dreams and hopes.
In the story, I found that Morrie advises Mitch to reject the popular culture in favour of creating his own. In the story, Morrie encourages Mitch to carve his own identity and follow the individualistic culture. The basis of this individuality he advocated was supposed to be founded on the basis of love, acceptance, and human goodness that are the ethical underpinnings of the good human. He disregarded popular culture and urges Mitch to do the same. He argued that popular culture was based on greed, selfishness, and superficiality. At the same time, Morris tries to help Mitch acknowledge that death and aging are inevitable part of life.
I believe in creating my own individuality too, hence even though I am a mother, have a teenage kid, I believe in creating my own path. I came to America, about a decade ago. I am a full-time mother as well as have my profession. It is difficult to keep pace with everything in my life, but I am hanging because of my grandmother and her teachings which have stayed with all through my life.
This particular reading have evoked lot of emotion in my mind, it is particularly because my grandmother was a high-school teacher and I received all my elementary school education from her. Though, over the years, as I moved to States, the level of proximity declined as I could not visit Cuba as often as I wanted to, still, I remembered her in some corner of my mind. Though, in the age of technology and internet, this might sound superficial, however, it is important to note that in Cuba, internet is still a luxury and not many people have that. Hence, the Facebook and social media messaging is not...