Thursday, April 26, 2007
Riverbend will be leaving Iraq
And her quiet words seem rather flat compared to the many emotions that came through her previous posts. This time her words mask the deep emotions that must be playing within her and her family.
River, I wish you and your family Good Luck and Godspeed in your journey to a safe haven.
Blogpoint: From McClatchy's Iraqi staff, we get a blogpost from someone who can't leave Iraq.
So we've been busy. Busy trying to decide what part of our lives to leave behind. Which memories are dispensable? We, like many Iraqis, are not the classic refugees- the ones with only the clothes on their backs and no choice. We are choosing to leave because the other option is simply a continuation of what has been one long nightmare- stay and wait and try to survive.How easy can it be to be forced from your home and country because of the idiot choice of Texican shitass who would rather be drinking?
On the one hand, I know that leaving the country and starting a new life somewhere else- as yet unknown- is such a huge thing that it should dwarf every trivial concern. The funny thing is that it’s the trivial that seems to occupy our lives. We discuss whether to take photo albums or leave them behind. Can I bring along a stuffed animal I've had since the age of four? Is there room for E.'s guitar? What clothes do we take? Summer clothes? The winter clothes too? What about my books? What about the CDs, the baby pictures?
River, I wish you and your family Good Luck and Godspeed in your journey to a safe haven.
Blogpoint: From McClatchy's Iraqi staff, we get a blogpost from someone who can't leave Iraq.
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