I begin to feel my pulse raise. With each step we took drawing us closer to the door, I felt my heart beating faster. With a quick turn of the ice cold door knob, I found myself standing in a whole new world. The food, the music, the faces, the language, everything was different than what I knew. For the first time in my life I was the minority in my small home town of Winamac, Indiana.
New Year's eve was the first time meeting my Hispanic boyfriend's family, of course I had taken a few Spanish classes back in high school, but not even the most advanced class could have saved me here. As the night grew longer,the room began to flood with people. The live mariachi band was over the top and rambunctious;they were the life of the party, but I fe
...lt as if my ear drums were about to burst. Everyone was up and about dancing, chatting, eating and visiting with one another.
It seemed like everywhere I looked I saw family and friends hugging and exchanging handshakes throughout the night! The room was filled with love and joy, everyone reminiscing over the years and catching up on lost times. All the perfect ingredients for a great night were there, yet I couldn't help but feel like a lost puppy trying to find some common ground. It was most difficult to hold a conversation past the basic components of “Hi, how are you? ” Here I was, the white girl, feeling as if she has flown miles away to Mexico itself.
Kissing and hugging one another was how this family celebrated the New Year. I
was hugging people I couldn't even speak to, but that didn't matter. There were no language barriers for the shared symbolic meaning of a hug! After we all were done hugging was when the real party began. I was out on the dance floor twirling and swinging all around, dancing to music I couldn't even understand. I was having so much fun, we didn't stop till 5 a. m. . Celebrating the New Year with people you don't know, let alone can barely communicate with seems absurd.
Most people would be quick to say no thank you, I believe that I too would have been that person to turn down this opportunity if it weren't for it being my boyfriend's family. I am so thankful and happy that I did get to experience this. I was scared and nervous at first, but this experience has opened my eyes to so many more opportunities. This New Year's experience will be one that I will never forget; it has intrigued me to learn much more about the Hispanic culture! Who knows maybe a trip to Mexico could be in my future!
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