"This is your room, and this our new house"

My definition of family changed when i was 8 years old

The definition became "Papa" "Mama" "Brother" and "Me"

I did not have a kind of papa, neither "Two Mama's"

But i was happy with my new family

The first time i had my own room

Before, I was sleeping with my mom every time

The first time i could not sleep, well because i heard a baby crying every 2 hours (my brother 13 years ago)

Before, I could not sleep because my "Mamita" was always snoring (so maybe it was not the first time i could not sleep)

The first time i called my "Papa", "Papa" and it was really my "Papa"

Before, it was not my "papa" it was my "Papito"

The first time i could not pronounce my last name

Before, it was shorter

The first time i woke up and all i saw was buildings

Before, i woke up and saw my wall

(my house became from a little house in an poor little town, to a 22 floor apartment in the middle of the city of the one of the most expensive country)

The first time i could not understand what my "Papa" was trying to say

Before, i wished i could not understand what my "Papito" was saying because it was too scary

The first time i did not understand what my "Mama" was telling my "Papa"

Before, i understood everything because my "Mama" only talked in one language called Spanish

The first time i had no idea what Bugs Bunny was saying

Thank God i still understood what Tom and Jerry were doing

The first time i did not want snacks because they did not smell like snacks

everything smelled weird

Before, "Mama" had to make me stop eating lollipops

The first time i went to a restaurant and experienced i could choose ANYTHING from the menu

Before, there were no choices and my chef was my "Mamita"

The first time i shopping

Before, i went shopping for eggs and bread, sometimes coke

The first time i ride on car besides a Taxi

Before, walking or buses, sometimes taxi when "Mama" was in a good mood

The first time i was on air plane

Before, in my dreams sometimes

From a Latin country with full of music and dancing

in the morning we always danced as we cleaned (i still do)

to a Asian country with full of buildings and every one matching their clothe

(every one were wearing suites that is what my brain remembers)

"Mama, entonces esta es mi pieza?"

(so Mama is this my room?)

"Si mija"

(yes dear)

"Y esta es nuestra casa?"

(And this is our house?)

"Si mi amor)

(yes honey)

"Mama, Y cuando voy a ir a la escuela?"

(Mama, when am i going to school?")

"La semana que viene, vas a ir"

(Your going to start going next week)

"Mama, y mis amigos hablan espanol?"

(mama, and my friends speak spanish?)

"No mi amor, tienes que hablar en Japones"

(No dear, you are going to have to talk in Japanese)

"ah ya..."

(I see...)

"Pero yo no ce Japones"

(But i don't know Japanese)

"Yo ce"

(i know)

"...."

(....)

"If God is for us, who can ever be against us?" Romans 8:31