The Chammas Family and The American Dream

The American Dream can have different meanings to different people, but the basics of this dream are all similar. All the ideas of what this dream mean tie into self-improvement. No matter what, a "dream" is a wanting of something  (or somebody). The American dream combines many dreams to form a big dream that for some people is a necessity and others do not pay attention to it. The American dream has affected my family in many ways and only started about 20 years ago.

It was about 20 yeas ago that my father moved to America, and it was not easy for him. My father began working when he was around 12 and has worked every in his life since then. He worked with his father in roofing and tiling. After a few years when he was around 16 he moved to Kweit where he worked in anything he could find. After many difficult years of hard labor he finally got his green card and passport and was able to move to the United States, beginning his American Dream. It was not easy but my father learned English and began working. He finally bought his own Gas Station and on a trip back to Lebanon met my mother they got married. After returning to America as a new husband my parents began a family. First came my sister Wadad, then Marilyn, then me, then Tony, then Nancy and finally Jacob. In my opinion my father did in-fact Achieve his American dream because he has a Family, has a car, a job, a house, an income, friends, and most importantly life, liberty, and prosperity. 

My father began with little to nothing and he worked hard and grew as a person. He made a living in America and has set up for his children to do the same. He is strict when it comes to school and expects we do are best. With his help I am setting up to build my own American dream and progressing through it. My brothers and sisters do the same and one day we will to be setting up a dream for our children as the cycle of life continues and the meaning of tis American dream continues to change.