Remika M...
Kubasaki High School
In 7th grade, it was the middle of the 2020 pandemic. My dad had been retired from the military for a long time by then, and he and my mom started talking about how they wanted to move to Japan. I did NOT want to move to Japan since my life in the States was fine the way it was. My sister also did not want to move. My parents decided to move to Japan, and everything in our house was sold. Even when I was sleeping on a mattress, it still hadn't sunk in that I was leaving everything behind. After moving to Japan, my mental health declined tremendously. I didn't want to go to my new school or get out of bed; all I wanted was to my old room. When I told my dad how I felt about the move he GUILTED ME. I would sob to him about how I didn't want to be here and go back to where we used to live. All he had to say was “Your mom hasn't seen her family in so long do you want to make her sad?” when my mom would take vacations here VERY often.
Now that I've been back to the States a couple of times to visit, I prefer it here, so it all worked out, I guess.