I stood at the doorway of the Boing747 jumbo jet, unsure that I even wanted to enter. As I was ushered to my seat, I was aware of people chatting, seat belts clicking, and flight attendants closing the overhead luggage compartments. The scene made me dizzy. In a state of semi-shock, I slumped into my seat. As I stared out the window, visions of recent events overtook me. My life was changing after the flight …showed first 75 words of 1076 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1076 total…she was sneering at me, but smiling. People here always made me feel comfortable. After sitting down and eating my lunch, I finally got a chance to take a rest. Watching people passing by me outside of the window, I thought, everyone had been so kind to me, but I couldn’t imagine then the many difficulties I was to encounter later in this foreign land. America was not the utopia. I thought it was!