“To separate from my culture (as from my family) I had to feel competent enough on the outside and secure enough inside to live life on my own. Yet in leaving home I did not lose touch with my origins because lo mexicano is in my system. I am a turtle, wherever I go I carry 'home' on my back.” FeelsEnoughHomeCultureLosesMy OwnRootsMy FamilyLeavingSecureLive LifeCompetentTurtlesLeaving Home Author:Gloria E. Anzaldúa
“My greatest accomplishment is succeeding in life, and I owe that to my family and twenty years in the military. I don't regret leaving the farm and ranch for the Army. Although I may have been a disappointment to my father, I achieved more than he could ever dream of in his short life.” YearsMayHas BeensDreamFatherMilitaryRegretSucceedMy FamilyArmyTwentiesLeavingDisappointmentAccomplishmentFarmsShort LifeDon't RegretSucceeding In LifeGreatest Accomplishment Author:Tom Johnson
“I felt like I was betraying my family. But I knew that trying to explain my emotions in a movie like this was more important than leaving them unspoken.” TryingImportantFeltEmotionMy FamilyLeavingBetrayUnspoken Author:John Robinson
“Leaving my family behind was very scary. I had to grow up quick. But being so young and paying in this league [the WNBA], I'm glad I did it because it's been the best experience in my life.” YoungGrowsBehindsGrowing UpMy FamilyLeavingScaryGladLeagueBest ExperiencesWnba Author:Lauren Jackson
“Mainly, life experiences with my family or travelling as a young kid, I feel like I had a different lifestyle than a lot of people leaving on tour when I was fourteen and stuff, so I pull from that.” PeopleFeelsDifferentKidsYoungStuffMy FamilyLeavingLifestyleLife ExperienceFourteenDifferent LifestylesPeople Leaving Author:Zac Farro
“Being with my family and loved ones makes me feel vulnerable. Speaking my truth and then being that in action. Leaving my comfort zone but knowing that risk is going to create something beautiful. I believe I have come to good terms with my vulnerability. I welcome it now, where I didn't in the past.” FeelsBelieveActionPastBeautifulI BelieveTermKnowingRiskComfortMy FamilyLeavingWelcomeVulnerableVulnerabilityZoneLoved OnesComfort ZoneSomething BeautifulMy Truth Author:Dash Mihok
“The hardest part about what I do, the most vulnerable place is my relationship with my family and Sara, my amazing partner, because I'm leaving a lot. And as a touring artist, I'm constantly coming and going, but also when I'm at home, my studio's at home. I'm leaving to go into a music world in my head.” WorldHomeArtistMy FamilyLeavingStudiosPartnersHardestVulnerableTouring Author:Michael Franti
“I'm a teenager, but I'm independent - I have my own apartment, I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible, leaving my family and coming here alone.” ThinkingInspirationalSchoolMy OwnHigh SchoolMy FamilyResponsibleIndependentLeavingTeenagerTeensI Have LearnedApartmentMy Own LifeBeing ResponsibleSchool LifeTeenage Life Author:Adriana Lima
“I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream.” PeopleMadePlayDreamWantedSacrificeAchieveChangedFootballMy FriendsMy FamilyLeavingNew LifeArgentina Author:Lionel Messi
“We all stood and gathered our backpacks and I looked at the floor around my chair to make sure I hadn’t dropped anything. I was terrified of unwittingly leaving behind a scrap of paper on which were written all my private desires and humiliations. The fact that no such scrap of paper existed, that I did not even keep a diary or write letters except bland, earnest, falsely cheerful ones to my family (We lost to St. Francis in soccer, but I think we’ll win our game this Saturday; we are working on self-portraits in art class, and the hardest part for me is the nose) never decreased my fear.” ThinkingWritingArtSelfFactsDesireGamesWinningLostBehindsClassWrittenPaperMy FamilyLettersLeavingHardestSoccerNosesChairsPortraitsTerrifiedSaturdayHumiliationCheerfulEarnestDiariesDecreaseScrapBlandSelf PortraitArt Class Book:Prep: a novel Source: Prep: a novel
“Times like this it did seem real I was leaving, and even more that my family, and this life, would go on without me. And again I felt that emptiness rise up, but pushed it away. Still, I lingered there, in the doorway, memorizing the noise. The moment. Tucking it away out of sight, to be remembered when I needed it most.” StillsRealMomentsSeemsFeltGoes OnNeededMy FamilySightLeavingNoiseThis LifeRememberedEmptinessDoorwaysMemorizing Author:Sarah Dessen