Reading Response #7

Have you ever had an experience that you couldn't say a word when you saw a face of someone you love? I still have some connection with Nicki. The following story is going to be an insightful one. I'm almost done with "Escaping Paradise." It's coming to an end when Nicki was released by those freedom fighters. She was sent to the U.S. embassy in Jakarta where she could recover her bruised body and a suffered heart after she was locked down by those freedom fighters about a month. However, the main point of this reading response is when Nicki was flying back to Australia to meet all of her family and friends, in the deep of her heart, she thought that it was so impossible to have the day that she would meet her family again. When she arrived the Australian airport, she walked through all those gates with a very fast impulsing and her face was blushing. Her body became so warm. After she exited the gate, her mom and dad's faces were gazing at her with a very passionate look. Without spoken any words, they leaped to Nicki and hugged her immediately. Nicki couldn't say a word. She just stood there with the tears all over her face. I can imagine that it's the day that Nicki would remember until the rest of her life.
My experience is kind of the same as Nicki's. After I spent almost a year in the U.S., I started to think that no where else is like my home or no one else is like my parents. It's like my favorable quotation during that time. While I was in America, I realized that people who care me the most or who are always by my side are my parents. Even if I had the worst problem like I couldn't stay with the first host family again or if I had the happiest moment like I came in 6th for the state golf tournament, they are going to be by my side for all time. When I flew back to Bangkok and stepped to the exit gate, I was just looking at my mom's face and couldn't say a word. It was too impressive for me to say anything. It was like an impossible day in my life seeing my family again.