Emma Odyssey
My story with the Name Emma is dedicated to the head coach of the national American vaulting squad, Emma Garrod-Drinker. She organized my exchange year in Cupertino in 1997, and we trained at her Farm, Garrods.
Emma organized me a host with a family I did not get along with. After meeting Jennifer from the Garrods Team, we decided to change families and move into her family house. This exchange needed to be covered up so the replaced family would not feel upset.
My new host mother Kathy told me to act bad so they would kick me out, and I could live with them instead. I started to smoke with my friend Loretta, and then they kicked me out but could not directly move to Jennifer.
Before I had to live awhile in Emma's house with her husband Frank close to the farm in Los Gatos. Later, Frank shoot himself with a gun since he struggled with alcohol abuse. After Emma, I lived with her sister, who lives on the other side of the street. From her son's Computer, I wrote my first email to my girlfriend Eva in Germany. He later became a software engineer for Facebook.
After this Odyssey, I could finally move to Jennifer's family. All had to happened, so the original family would not feel betrayal. A few years I was in San Jose because I needed to escape Germany. I called Emma for help, but she did not understand. She gave me the advice to go on the Jacob's way instead. I think it is something she really wants to do.
What is your story with an Exchange student, year, and the name Emma?
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