April 26, 2012 was my family's 11th anniversary of stepping onto the land of dreams, America. That day my family decided to celebrate at one of our favorite restaurants in town. I was President of my class, my sisters were attending college, and my older brother was training to become an Olympic snowboarder. During that dinner, my mother began to proudly announce that our family had finally achieved the American Dream. She stopped for a moment and continued her toast, "We endured...

When I was in the first grade, I hid a camcorder under the Christmas tree to videotape Santa Claus. Instead, my camcorder revealed my parents laying down the presents and scarfing down the cookies. With that childhood dream crushing video, a new idea of “Santa Claus” began to replace my childhood fantasy. Growing up my parents always said, “Follow your dreams.” Thankfully my dream had changed; otherwise I would be dressed from head to toe in a red lumberjack one-piece,...

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