If I had a family - Martha Rivas 2ºAR

If I had a family

            If I had a family, I wouldn’t be alone. Nowadays, when I see a family in the street, even if they are poor or they are arguing, I think that they are lucky, because they have company and I haven’t.

            If had a family, I would be happier, because I could count on them. Maybe they would listen to me when I had problems and try to find solutions for me. Nowadays, when I have a problem, I have not got someone to talk about it.  

            If I had a true family, I wouldn’t be in an orphanage and I would have my own house. I wouldn’t have to change families anymore. Sometimes, when I’m in a foster family and they have problems with their job, or with other people, they hit me. When that happens, I have to go to the orphanage again and wait for another family to take me to their house. I think that this isn’t a true family.

            If I had a family, I wouldn’t live in the street. I would live in a house and I would have hot water to take a shower and good clothes to go to school. If I had a family I would have all that a girl, like me needs to be happy.

            If I had a family, I wouldn’t work in a factory to pay for the doctor. Nowadays, I have to work there with other children like me, because we have to work to live. Some of those children have a family, but they don’t take care of them.  

            If I had a family, I would have an example to follow. If my father was a doctor, I could be one and try to help other people. If my mother was a teacher, I could teach children, and teach them as well as I can, because if I teach them very well, they could have a good job in the future and live better than I live now.

            If I had a family, I would have better health, because my parents could take me to the doctor. Nowadays, when I have a cold, nobody takes care of me and I feel very bad. When I am coughing in the street, people use to get away from me, because they think that I could infect them, and that is not true.

            If I had a family, I would go to school. I would know how to write and how to read. I would have a good education and in the future, I could have a good job, because in the future I would like to be a doctor and travel around the world helping people.

            If I had a family, I would listen to some stories at night when I cannot sleep. I know that some parents count stories to their children when they are afraid. At night I am afraid of being kidnapped, that is my only fear.

            If I had a family, I could travel abroad. I would like to visit many countries and learn how people live there. I know that more or less, all of the cities around the world have buildings, parks, cars and people, but, do they live in the same way as me? Are there children living in the street? Do children work in factories? Do children work to live? Those questions are the main reason that I would like travel.