Home Away From Home!!

Hello Dolls and Gents!!!

This week has been very overwhelming. So much has happened in this short time period. I have met knew people, lived in a new environment and have finally moved away from home. When I first began this program I was not ready for what was going to happen. So many obstacles have come my way but I have somehow overcome them. So today I will be talking mainly about how things can drastically change very quickly. The first day I arrived in Chicago I was very afraid of what was about to happen.

I saw a lot of people, traffic, stores, boats, water and a beautiful view ahead of me and then I knew I was finally in Chicago. Pulling up to this unknown place reality set in. I am finally here and on my own. No one to wake me up, or say did you take care of your responsibilities. Saying goodbye to family was hard but I have put a positive stamp on me leaving them so that I won’t worry. Reading about how my characters were removed from their parents and other family members was extremely hard for me. If I were ever in that situation I don’t really know how I would react. The emotions I felt when reading it were physically powerful.

It was very mind blowing how they were treated. No food no water just left to fend for their selves in the worst situation. Being beating just to show that if they disobeyed that would be the consequence. Going from home where theirs food, water and shelter to suffering had to be very traumatic for those young boys. I know for me it was tough so for it had to a bigger struggle for them. So in saying that I feel that we had struggled in the same way but in a different environment and setting but yet and still it’s all the same. No matter if it’s similar to my situation or the boys of Sudan we all have been their losing or having something token away.