My Trip to America

by Zarghuna Hamidi

My name is Zarghuna. I am from Afghanistan. I came here in 2021. I came here by airplane. The trip took 7 days. We started our trip from Kabul to Qatar. Then we flew to Washington. After that we stayed in Wisconsin for 3 months. After that we came to Roanoke. I came to America because my husband worked in the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan. The Taliban came and the embassy closed. We had to leave for our safety. My son was only 10 years old. Now he is 12 and in the 6th grade. He speaks excellent English.

Author’s Note: Zarghuna is a student in Blue Ridge Literacy’s Intermediate Level ESOL class.