The results of the immigration law stretched even further than just the Hispanic population. It has effected a man from Kenya.
"My church family is here, I have made a life here. The immigration law has caused me to have to leave."
He stood before the church service holding the microphone and tears flowed down his face. He couldn't speak, I could feel his emotion in the back row.
Alabama HB 56, entitled the Hammon-Beason Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act, is an anti-illegal immigration bill, signed into law in the U.S. state of Alabama in June 2011. As a result of this law it called for this man to volunteer himself to leave the United States after he gave his plea to stay in the country and was denied on three accounts.
After filing under the reasons of his own well-being, then his work done as a musician for his church and after not being married to an American citizen he was denied permission to stay in the country.
So he volunteered to go because if he was deported he wouldn't be able to return.
His friend, who was also affected by the law, was in the congregation of the church and went to stand with him while he finished his story.
"I just want to thank the church for praying with me," he said. "I hope I get the opportunity to return."
He said he spent so much money on a lawyer that he gave a plea to the congregation to help him by raising money for his plane ticket.
HB56 is a law of that should encourage citizens to obtain full citizenship, not deny those who try to obtain it.
It shouldn't cause tears to flow down the cheeks of a man who knows this country as home.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
It's More Than Just Football
From the moment you step foot on the field,
they are screaming your name.
In essence,
in life it is all the same.
You have situations of struggle
where everyone around you has nothing but doubt.
The three words focus, patience and drive is the words
you continue to shout.
To your team, or your support system,
you look for encouraging words.
But you know it is all on you,
they give you the wings but you are the bird.
It's time to spread your wings
and keep focus in your eyes.
At times it will seem as though you are going no where,
all you can let out are tears and sighs.
But, when you have the patience and believe in yourself,
the ball will cross the goal line.
And, all will celebrate your success and there will be no question of what's true
that all the time you were looking the answers was there in you.
they are screaming your name.
In essence,
in life it is all the same.
You have situations of struggle
where everyone around you has nothing but doubt.
The three words focus, patience and drive is the words
you continue to shout.
To your team, or your support system,
you look for encouraging words.
But you know it is all on you,
they give you the wings but you are the bird.
It's time to spread your wings
and keep focus in your eyes.
At times it will seem as though you are going no where,
all you can let out are tears and sighs.
But, when you have the patience and believe in yourself,
the ball will cross the goal line.
And, all will celebrate your success and there will be no question of what's true
that all the time you were looking the answers was there in you.
Chapter 1: Something like a short story....
"I have seen him"
“I don’t want the baby,” she said.
“Ms. Jackson, you must understand the decision you are making here,” Doctor Chao ensured that she was aware of the decision she was making.
Then a hysterical man came into the doctors office fighting against a security guards pull yelling, “She will not take my son! She will not kill my son!” He was the baby’s father. The doctor was about to get the patients signature and the man knocked the clipboard out of the doctor’s hand.
The man was so furious he was almost in tears.
“Lisa, why are you doing this?” Anthony said.
“You don’t love me. I am not bringing your child into this world. I refuse,” she said.
She then said to the doctor, “Doctor Chao please forgive him for his anger, I’m so sorry.”
“I am going to leave the two of you alone, so you can talk.This is surely the reverse, I have never seen this before,” Doctor Chao said.
“Do you not realize what you are doing? You would be a murder!” He said.
“That’s debatable,” she said in such a cold tone you could feel the shivers in the room.
“I will not let this happen. Lisa, baby, you know I love you. We have known each other since gosh, since MIDDLE SCHOOL! Don’t do this, please. Just carry the baby, I will take care of it.” He shed a tear and she leaned over to wipe the tear from his eye.
She said, “Get out, Anthony. I will let you know what I decide.”
“No, I am not leaving,” he said.
“And how do you know it’s a boy?! I heard you say your son, how do you know?” she said.
“I’ve seen him, Lisa, I have. I had a dream last night and he came to me. He’s so beautiful and is a combination of me and you. Regardless to the issues you and I have, he doesn’t want you to do this to him. I’m not crazy. I just want my son,” he said.
Lisa was speechless.
“Security!” Lisa yelled.
Anthony then was dragged out of the room after telling his story of his dream.
“I don’t want the baby,” she said.
“Ms. Jackson, you must understand the decision you are making here,” Doctor Chao ensured that she was aware of the decision she was making.
Then a hysterical man came into the doctors office fighting against a security guards pull yelling, “She will not take my son! She will not kill my son!” He was the baby’s father. The doctor was about to get the patients signature and the man knocked the clipboard out of the doctor’s hand.
The man was so furious he was almost in tears.
“Lisa, why are you doing this?” Anthony said.
“You don’t love me. I am not bringing your child into this world. I refuse,” she said.
She then said to the doctor, “Doctor Chao please forgive him for his anger, I’m so sorry.”
“I am going to leave the two of you alone, so you can talk.This is surely the reverse, I have never seen this before,” Doctor Chao said.
“Do you not realize what you are doing? You would be a murder!” He said.
“That’s debatable,” she said in such a cold tone you could feel the shivers in the room.
“I will not let this happen. Lisa, baby, you know I love you. We have known each other since gosh, since MIDDLE SCHOOL! Don’t do this, please. Just carry the baby, I will take care of it.” He shed a tear and she leaned over to wipe the tear from his eye.
She said, “Get out, Anthony. I will let you know what I decide.”
“No, I am not leaving,” he said.
“And how do you know it’s a boy?! I heard you say your son, how do you know?” she said.
“I’ve seen him, Lisa, I have. I had a dream last night and he came to me. He’s so beautiful and is a combination of me and you. Regardless to the issues you and I have, he doesn’t want you to do this to him. I’m not crazy. I just want my son,” he said.
Lisa was speechless.
“Security!” Lisa yelled.
Anthony then was dragged out of the room after telling his story of his dream.
Footprints on Conflicted Soil
~Three Experiences, One Purpose
Behind his eyes, you see fear and innocence, but in his hands, you see strength and potential destruction.
This particular child's worries went beyond something simple like what video game he was going to play next or tomorrow’s playground game. This image of an eight year old boy holding an AK-47 gave Caitlin Trotter, a UA sophomore in New College studying international relations and development, the motivation and desire to raise awareness about Sub-Saharan issues. The image she saw was part of the Invisible Children's campaign to stop the use of child soldiers in Joseph Kony's rebel war in Uganda. Throughout Trotter’s story, she leaves traces of more than just her footprints or her influence on the conflicted soil of foreign countries such as Uganda, Cairo, Egypt and Beirut, Lebanon. She leaves her desire to stop these global issues that are affecting these countries.
After seeing these images of this young boy in Uganda, she began to fuel her desire to impact those young children whose footprints were engraved in the dirt of the conflicted battle areas in Uganda. The Lord’s Resistance Army has taken more than 30 thousand children between the ages of 7 and 17 from their homes and uniformed them as soldiers. These child soldiers are forced to commit violent acts and are oftentimes given to their commanders as sex slaves. “When I first saw those images, I just couldn’t believe it,” Trotter said. “I just knew it was wrong.”
She began to work with a group called Resolve Uganda. With that organization, she was able to meet with state senators and lobby their support on a national effort to successfully get a bill passed that would gain U.S support to stop the Lord's Resistance Army in the Ugandan rebel war. The bill was passed in June of 2010. While these issues are global they have a local connection in Tuscaloosa through this sophomore from Huntsville. While there is a difference on sight of Trotter’s skin color and those of the child soldiers, Trotter looked deeper than that and saw no difference in race. At such a young age her motivation and passion for these world issues all started with a photograph.
Upon transferring to the University of Alabama from its sister campus in Huntsville, Trotter began working with a group called Apwonjo that raises awareness about Sub-Saharan issues. She also continued her efforts by meeting with state senators to lobby them to support the bill that would help gain U.S support to stop the war in northern Uganda.
“There are not many people that meet with their representatives about an issue,” Linn Groft, president of Apwonjo said. “You may have those that call or write a letter when they are angry, but Caitlin was able to articulate to them the problem to let them know this does matter. It was a great feeling to know someone who had gained support for the bill to pass in June of last year.”
She recalls becoming acquainted with Trotter at a mandatory meeting for New College students and spoke with her about Apwonjo. The efforts of this group involve raising funds for organizations that aid these pressing issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, they are planning to host a bake sale to benefit “Freedom in Creation”, a nonprofit organization that empowers communities in the Gulu district of northern Uganda. The organization provides art therapy classes for former child soldiers.
Trotter has a connection to other locations in addition to Uganda and has worked to aid some other pressing global issues. As a student of the University’s International Honors Program, she also had the opportunity to go abroad and have her own firsthand experiences. Her footprints were once only in the states, but they have graced the soil of foreign cities such as Cairo, Egypt and, in most recent times, Beirut, Lebanon where she was one of 22 global participants in The Beirut Exchange.
While a vast majority of the American population can only associate the images of Cairo, Egypt with those that have been in the news most recently, the images that come to Trotter’s mind are those seen with her own eyes. She visited Cairo this past summer working with Sudanese refugees while visiting her sister Kristen, who has lived in Egypt for three years.
She said the kids that came to the school had not fled from the war themselves, rather their parents had relocated years ago. The schools that sought to aid these refugees struggled with the finances to provide adequate resources for the classrooms.
“There were children of all ages at the school. I taught a class of about eight fourth graders with two other instructors. All we had as resources was a classroom and a white board, but we knew we had to make do. The school didn’t have very many funds to afford supplies, or to pay many teachers. All in all, I think seeing the desire of those children to learn made more of an impact on me than I probably made on them,” Trotter said.
Just months after Trotter returned to the states, events took place that gained the city of Cairo news coverage that oftentimes her sister had a hand in reporting. Kristen Chick, a University of Alabama graduate works for “The Christian Science Monitor” as an international journalist. Most recently, she covered the protests of an outraged people in Egypt where citizens wanted their former leader Hosni Mubarak to step down after 30 years of his dictatorship. She also found herself amidst the angry protesters in the streets of Tunisia to cover the events involving the anguish against their leader as well.
Trotter described the situations that took place before Mubarak stepped down and said, “The government shut off the Internet for a week and I was unable to get in touch with my sister. After the connections resumed, I learned she had been in some really dangerous situations, and it worried me. Though the situations were very historic and it was a big opportunity for her to cover the events, it was also very dangerous as well.”
Since Trotter’s desires and passion lie in international relations, her quiet strength slowly became known on campus through Apwonjo and with her advisor in the Honors College. Dr. Fran Oneal, director of the International Honors Program, has known Trotter for about a year or so since her transfer to the University. She also knew her sister and said they both have similar interests. Because she knew Trotter’s interests and places she could possibly want to study, Oneal was able to notify her of the opportunity to go to Beirut, Lebanon.
“I believe any overseas experience for a student is important on all levels such as personal and professional,” Oneal said. “We have such a global environment that some things you can’t just read about. You have to get out and experience them for yourself.”
When Caitlin arrived in the 120 degree Beirut weather, she got into a taxi and immediately connected her driving experience to Cairo. “The driving was crazy,” she said. “No one obeys the stop signs or traffic laws.” While driving down the road, she saw buildings that had been burned down or had bullet holes, and then the one next to it would be a nearly renovated condo. After 15 years of war, the city has a mixed beauty. While there is construction going on to rebuild the city, history can’t be erased. “The city has been through so much. It had a unique feel to it because it possessed the old and the new,” she said.
In efforts to finance her trip abroad, Caitlin sought sponsors and she also held a bake sale that she said helped to pay for airfare. Dr. James Hall, director of New College, also helped her find ways to fund this endeavor to study abroad in Beirut. The Student Support Fund in the New College department was used to help with her trip.
“She definitely wears her desire of transforming the world on her sleeves and no one had to twist my arm to convince me to aid her in this wonderful opportunity. I think Caitlin’s work with international development is pretty remarkable, and it is going to aid her in making a difference,” he said.
While on the trip, Trotter said The Beirut Exchange allowed them to experience many amazing things such as meeting famous politicians, journalists and Christian politicians. Lebanon is a conflicted country and has a history of violent situations given its past wars. Caitlin said none of those types of situations occurred during her stay. “The only thing that did happen was their government collapsed during our stay which it was very interesting to see how that would play out,” she said. “The only way this affected us directly was some of the political leaders we were scheduled to meeting could not make their appointments.”
Groft, Apwonjo president, has been working with Trotter since the beginning of the fall semester and said knowing a person like her has been truly an inspiration to her and her organization. She recalls when Trotter was going to talk to the senators and said she admired how she is never intimated to talk about the things she is truly passionate about. Groft said all of Trotter’s experiences in these countries weave together her overall love and desire for helping others.
“Caitlin always goes above and beyond your expectations and is constantly evaluating herself in areas where she can do better. She is a natural leader not only because of her own qualities, but those that she looks to bring out in other people. Some leaders are visible and mainstream, but the matters that she wants to change are not. For that matter, some of the best leaders are those that may not be the most visible,” Groft said.
Behind his eyes, you see fear and innocence, but in his hands, you see strength and potential destruction.
This particular child's worries went beyond something simple like what video game he was going to play next or tomorrow’s playground game. This image of an eight year old boy holding an AK-47 gave Caitlin Trotter, a UA sophomore in New College studying international relations and development, the motivation and desire to raise awareness about Sub-Saharan issues. The image she saw was part of the Invisible Children's campaign to stop the use of child soldiers in Joseph Kony's rebel war in Uganda. Throughout Trotter’s story, she leaves traces of more than just her footprints or her influence on the conflicted soil of foreign countries such as Uganda, Cairo, Egypt and Beirut, Lebanon. She leaves her desire to stop these global issues that are affecting these countries.
After seeing these images of this young boy in Uganda, she began to fuel her desire to impact those young children whose footprints were engraved in the dirt of the conflicted battle areas in Uganda. The Lord’s Resistance Army has taken more than 30 thousand children between the ages of 7 and 17 from their homes and uniformed them as soldiers. These child soldiers are forced to commit violent acts and are oftentimes given to their commanders as sex slaves. “When I first saw those images, I just couldn’t believe it,” Trotter said. “I just knew it was wrong.”
She began to work with a group called Resolve Uganda. With that organization, she was able to meet with state senators and lobby their support on a national effort to successfully get a bill passed that would gain U.S support to stop the Lord's Resistance Army in the Ugandan rebel war. The bill was passed in June of 2010. While these issues are global they have a local connection in Tuscaloosa through this sophomore from Huntsville. While there is a difference on sight of Trotter’s skin color and those of the child soldiers, Trotter looked deeper than that and saw no difference in race. At such a young age her motivation and passion for these world issues all started with a photograph.
Upon transferring to the University of Alabama from its sister campus in Huntsville, Trotter began working with a group called Apwonjo that raises awareness about Sub-Saharan issues. She also continued her efforts by meeting with state senators to lobby them to support the bill that would help gain U.S support to stop the war in northern Uganda.
“There are not many people that meet with their representatives about an issue,” Linn Groft, president of Apwonjo said. “You may have those that call or write a letter when they are angry, but Caitlin was able to articulate to them the problem to let them know this does matter. It was a great feeling to know someone who had gained support for the bill to pass in June of last year.”
She recalls becoming acquainted with Trotter at a mandatory meeting for New College students and spoke with her about Apwonjo. The efforts of this group involve raising funds for organizations that aid these pressing issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, they are planning to host a bake sale to benefit “Freedom in Creation”, a nonprofit organization that empowers communities in the Gulu district of northern Uganda. The organization provides art therapy classes for former child soldiers.
Trotter has a connection to other locations in addition to Uganda and has worked to aid some other pressing global issues. As a student of the University’s International Honors Program, she also had the opportunity to go abroad and have her own firsthand experiences. Her footprints were once only in the states, but they have graced the soil of foreign cities such as Cairo, Egypt and, in most recent times, Beirut, Lebanon where she was one of 22 global participants in The Beirut Exchange.
While a vast majority of the American population can only associate the images of Cairo, Egypt with those that have been in the news most recently, the images that come to Trotter’s mind are those seen with her own eyes. She visited Cairo this past summer working with Sudanese refugees while visiting her sister Kristen, who has lived in Egypt for three years.
She said the kids that came to the school had not fled from the war themselves, rather their parents had relocated years ago. The schools that sought to aid these refugees struggled with the finances to provide adequate resources for the classrooms.
“There were children of all ages at the school. I taught a class of about eight fourth graders with two other instructors. All we had as resources was a classroom and a white board, but we knew we had to make do. The school didn’t have very many funds to afford supplies, or to pay many teachers. All in all, I think seeing the desire of those children to learn made more of an impact on me than I probably made on them,” Trotter said.
Just months after Trotter returned to the states, events took place that gained the city of Cairo news coverage that oftentimes her sister had a hand in reporting. Kristen Chick, a University of Alabama graduate works for “The Christian Science Monitor” as an international journalist. Most recently, she covered the protests of an outraged people in Egypt where citizens wanted their former leader Hosni Mubarak to step down after 30 years of his dictatorship. She also found herself amidst the angry protesters in the streets of Tunisia to cover the events involving the anguish against their leader as well.
Trotter described the situations that took place before Mubarak stepped down and said, “The government shut off the Internet for a week and I was unable to get in touch with my sister. After the connections resumed, I learned she had been in some really dangerous situations, and it worried me. Though the situations were very historic and it was a big opportunity for her to cover the events, it was also very dangerous as well.”
Since Trotter’s desires and passion lie in international relations, her quiet strength slowly became known on campus through Apwonjo and with her advisor in the Honors College. Dr. Fran Oneal, director of the International Honors Program, has known Trotter for about a year or so since her transfer to the University. She also knew her sister and said they both have similar interests. Because she knew Trotter’s interests and places she could possibly want to study, Oneal was able to notify her of the opportunity to go to Beirut, Lebanon.
“I believe any overseas experience for a student is important on all levels such as personal and professional,” Oneal said. “We have such a global environment that some things you can’t just read about. You have to get out and experience them for yourself.”
When Caitlin arrived in the 120 degree Beirut weather, she got into a taxi and immediately connected her driving experience to Cairo. “The driving was crazy,” she said. “No one obeys the stop signs or traffic laws.” While driving down the road, she saw buildings that had been burned down or had bullet holes, and then the one next to it would be a nearly renovated condo. After 15 years of war, the city has a mixed beauty. While there is construction going on to rebuild the city, history can’t be erased. “The city has been through so much. It had a unique feel to it because it possessed the old and the new,” she said.
In efforts to finance her trip abroad, Caitlin sought sponsors and she also held a bake sale that she said helped to pay for airfare. Dr. James Hall, director of New College, also helped her find ways to fund this endeavor to study abroad in Beirut. The Student Support Fund in the New College department was used to help with her trip.
“She definitely wears her desire of transforming the world on her sleeves and no one had to twist my arm to convince me to aid her in this wonderful opportunity. I think Caitlin’s work with international development is pretty remarkable, and it is going to aid her in making a difference,” he said.
While on the trip, Trotter said The Beirut Exchange allowed them to experience many amazing things such as meeting famous politicians, journalists and Christian politicians. Lebanon is a conflicted country and has a history of violent situations given its past wars. Caitlin said none of those types of situations occurred during her stay. “The only thing that did happen was their government collapsed during our stay which it was very interesting to see how that would play out,” she said. “The only way this affected us directly was some of the political leaders we were scheduled to meeting could not make their appointments.”
Groft, Apwonjo president, has been working with Trotter since the beginning of the fall semester and said knowing a person like her has been truly an inspiration to her and her organization. She recalls when Trotter was going to talk to the senators and said she admired how she is never intimated to talk about the things she is truly passionate about. Groft said all of Trotter’s experiences in these countries weave together her overall love and desire for helping others.
“Caitlin always goes above and beyond your expectations and is constantly evaluating herself in areas where she can do better. She is a natural leader not only because of her own qualities, but those that she looks to bring out in other people. Some leaders are visible and mainstream, but the matters that she wants to change are not. For that matter, some of the best leaders are those that may not be the most visible,” Groft said.
Voices from my City
A Father
Man on that day it was regular, yeah everything was cool
I woke up that morning and took the kids to school
but I had to turn right back around and go get them.
Was I scared? You better believe I was scared
I’ve never seen clouds like the ones I’ve seen.
I just wanted to protect my kids like a man’s supposed to do.
Kinda hard when after the storm, there is a rubble, no car and screaming kids...
and all eyes are on you.
A Passerby
I’m from Oklahoma!
We have tornadoes but nothing like this.
Houses lifted from foundations and with careful observation you wonder just how did people survive.
I went to Georgia with my girl and we passed through,
she said we had to stop...we just had to.
I saw people trying to pick up their lives,
right before my eyes.
I can’t imagine what they feel inside.
All this destruction happened in just one day...leaves me speechless with nothing to say.
A Mother
I am a mother, a mother of five.
I was already struggling, but now I just feel empty on the inside.
Dang, I never thought Pratt City would be such a tourist attraction.
78 Highway never got so much bystander action.
People come and they are in awe at this sight.
Even babies come take a look and say mommie this don’t look right.
One said, “Mommie, where are these people gonna sleep at night?”
I’m a victim, but I’m not in my grave,
see it’s for times like these it’s my faith I save.
I know its not me who will make a way outta no way.
I don’t want these kids to hang their heads when they walk away.
I want them to know the people here in Pratt City have no choice but to be ok.
It’s all we know.
An Intern
I was interning.
I wouldn’t have known it was bad weather coming if I didn’t work at the news.
I can recall watching the big screens and seeing the headline “Five dead in Cullman due to tornadoes” I just knew destruction couldn’t happen to me.
I guess with things like this you pretend there is one big security cloud over every area of life that involves you.
But, in this case it just wasn’t true.
When I went to my dorm, something just didn’t feel right.
I texted my mom when I knew this was real, telling her to pray because this fear was surreal.
The storm hit and I can recall calling my mom and hearing her cries.
The only words she spoke was “It hit the house” and the network failing was the worst feeling I’ve ever had in my life.
Then an angel appeared.
Not many people can say they have stared God in the face, but he came to erase all my fears.
A random student prayed with me that my mom was ok,
he prayed God would wrap his long arm of protection around her to ensure she would still be here with me.
Then the phone rang. It was my mom.
The storm hit me from two different directions, I knew I had to minister to others my blessing.
I lost my house at home and a friend at school.
IT stole my regular life, but it gave me a story to tell.
Even months later these people are not forgotten,
that man wanted to protect his kids.
That traveler wanted to just be a friend.
That mother knew that it was not the end.
And that girl....that girl had faith you see...I know for a fact because that girl is me.
Man on that day it was regular, yeah everything was cool
I woke up that morning and took the kids to school
but I had to turn right back around and go get them.
Was I scared? You better believe I was scared
I’ve never seen clouds like the ones I’ve seen.
I just wanted to protect my kids like a man’s supposed to do.
Kinda hard when after the storm, there is a rubble, no car and screaming kids...
and all eyes are on you.
A Passerby
I’m from Oklahoma!
We have tornadoes but nothing like this.
Houses lifted from foundations and with careful observation you wonder just how did people survive.
I went to Georgia with my girl and we passed through,
she said we had to stop...we just had to.
I saw people trying to pick up their lives,
right before my eyes.
I can’t imagine what they feel inside.
All this destruction happened in just one day...leaves me speechless with nothing to say.
A Mother
I am a mother, a mother of five.
I was already struggling, but now I just feel empty on the inside.
Dang, I never thought Pratt City would be such a tourist attraction.
78 Highway never got so much bystander action.
People come and they are in awe at this sight.
Even babies come take a look and say mommie this don’t look right.
One said, “Mommie, where are these people gonna sleep at night?”
I’m a victim, but I’m not in my grave,
see it’s for times like these it’s my faith I save.
I know its not me who will make a way outta no way.
I don’t want these kids to hang their heads when they walk away.
I want them to know the people here in Pratt City have no choice but to be ok.
It’s all we know.
An Intern
I was interning.
I wouldn’t have known it was bad weather coming if I didn’t work at the news.
I can recall watching the big screens and seeing the headline “Five dead in Cullman due to tornadoes” I just knew destruction couldn’t happen to me.
I guess with things like this you pretend there is one big security cloud over every area of life that involves you.
But, in this case it just wasn’t true.
When I went to my dorm, something just didn’t feel right.
I texted my mom when I knew this was real, telling her to pray because this fear was surreal.
The storm hit and I can recall calling my mom and hearing her cries.
The only words she spoke was “It hit the house” and the network failing was the worst feeling I’ve ever had in my life.
Then an angel appeared.
Not many people can say they have stared God in the face, but he came to erase all my fears.
A random student prayed with me that my mom was ok,
he prayed God would wrap his long arm of protection around her to ensure she would still be here with me.
Then the phone rang. It was my mom.
The storm hit me from two different directions, I knew I had to minister to others my blessing.
I lost my house at home and a friend at school.
IT stole my regular life, but it gave me a story to tell.
Even months later these people are not forgotten,
that man wanted to protect his kids.
That traveler wanted to just be a friend.
That mother knew that it was not the end.
And that girl....that girl had faith you see...I know for a fact because that girl is me.
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