I’m Marisa. I have two kids: Martin, age six, and Lucia who is four. For as long as I can remember, my son has loved soccer. Our family lived in Barcelona for four years and he became a big fan of Messi.

Two years ago we moved to San Francisco. We told Martin that in the United States he should learn other sports, but he kept on insisting that he wanted to play soccer.

So this Summer we found a camp in Alameda where children play soccer all day long. It was a bit expensive, so I decided to borrow $900 from a Puddle www.puddle.com where there are other people who have also recently moved to the US.

I don’t want my son to be a soccer player, but what can you say when your son has a dream? ;)