When I was reading "My Two Life's" story is remind me my life. I come to America 11 years ago and I have my two kids who speak a perfect English and here I'm still have my strong russian accent. I try to keep my Russian traditions and beliefs.at home I try to speak with my kids in Russian,but as today I can see how little by little they are loosing a russian language,and answering back to me in english when i talk to them.They become more Americans,spacialy the younger one,which is fine to me. Like many immigrants in this country I felt the same neither Russian nor American and that pressure to have two lives,like the author of rom story says,loyal to the old world and fluent in the new,not easy. I also understood with age that I always will be Russian no matter what,because that's where I come from, but not my kids.