Thank you Dr. Humam for making me laugh when you told me how everyone on your boat was praying, and you instead were cursing almost loud enough for others on the boat to want to throw you in the water, and thank you and Fouad for helping me organize and distribute clothes to the hundreds of freezing cold people in the camp after they had had nothing to keep them warm all night.
Thank you Imm Jarrah, for staying alive after being between life and death in the emergency unit from anaphylactic shock – please don't ever take Paracetamol again or scare anyone else the way you scared me.
Thank you sweet Christian sister for finally replacing your tears with smiles when I managed to snuggle in some wine for you, then finding and hugging me so tightly when you left for the border.
Thank you Hussain for being so sweet and grateful – I am happy you think the few hours you spent with me talking and walking have been the most amazing throughout your journey.
Thank you dear brother for inspiring me with your tears of pain and strength after having lost two children to the war in Syria - May your health improves and your beautiful wife and remaining children always stay by your side.
Thank you Nisreen for looking so pretty with your long hair and my red lipstick, and your fresh and fun attitude.
Thank you Imad for spending so many hours with me and helping distribute blankets around the muddy campgrounds – I wish I had been able to find and say good bye to you before you left. Please keep on recording and writing. I'll be reading your future novel. You will be amazing. Oh, and I will not forget your charming smile.
Thank you Mustafa for the antibiotics – my chest and throat are really grateful.
Thank you sweet khalto for making my day as you were finally in line to get on the bus out of Croatia, by repeatedly saying that you feel like you want to stay in the campground just to be around me.
Thank you Loqman, Mr. Flirty hairdresser, for offering to give me a haircut – it would have been fantastic, especially as my hair was already soaking wet from the rain, except that you had to leave so fast and last minute by the time I went to find a pair of scissors.
Thank you Yousef for finding a sister in me. Your kindness, your sweetness, and your gentle manners will be forever remembered. I am glad we finally found your "real" sister after hours of searching the crowds. Maybe some day we will go to some music festival together! You are a beautiful soul and you will be a diamond in the Dutch sky.
And finally, thank you baby Abood (pictured), for finally stopping the tearfall after endless hours of asthma with no medication on your way to Croatia
Thank you Imm Jarrah, for staying alive after being between life and death in the emergency unit from anaphylactic shock – please don't ever take Paracetamol again or scare anyone else the way you scared me.
Thank you sweet Christian sister for finally replacing your tears with smiles when I managed to snuggle in some wine for you, then finding and hugging me so tightly when you left for the border.
Thank you Hussain for being so sweet and grateful – I am happy you think the few hours you spent with me talking and walking have been the most amazing throughout your journey.
Thank you dear brother for inspiring me with your tears of pain and strength after having lost two children to the war in Syria - May your health improves and your beautiful wife and remaining children always stay by your side.
Thank you Nisreen for looking so pretty with your long hair and my red lipstick, and your fresh and fun attitude.
Thank you Imad for spending so many hours with me and helping distribute blankets around the muddy campgrounds – I wish I had been able to find and say good bye to you before you left. Please keep on recording and writing. I'll be reading your future novel. You will be amazing. Oh, and I will not forget your charming smile.
Thank you Mustafa for the antibiotics – my chest and throat are really grateful.
Thank you sweet khalto for making my day as you were finally in line to get on the bus out of Croatia, by repeatedly saying that you feel like you want to stay in the campground just to be around me.
Thank you Loqman, Mr. Flirty hairdresser, for offering to give me a haircut – it would have been fantastic, especially as my hair was already soaking wet from the rain, except that you had to leave so fast and last minute by the time I went to find a pair of scissors.
Thank you Yousef for finding a sister in me. Your kindness, your sweetness, and your gentle manners will be forever remembered. I am glad we finally found your "real" sister after hours of searching the crowds. Maybe some day we will go to some music festival together! You are a beautiful soul and you will be a diamond in the Dutch sky.
And finally, thank you baby Abood (pictured), for finally stopping the tearfall after endless hours of asthma with no medication on your way to Croatia
