Amidst the struggle

Today I have gotten to a point where I simply feel overwhelmed with all that is happening in my life, as most of it is out of my control. I spent the morning being incredibly stressed out. All it took was seeing the 3rd graders that I got to spend two days with and I felt cured. I couldn't help but laugh at their misplaced comments and silliness, even if they weren't supposed to be talking at the time. My mood was instantly reinvented.

Things changed once I found out that one of the students was originally from Thailand, and I asked him if he had any travel tips for me. His response was to stay away from people with guns. Upon further questioning, he said that his family had to come to America to get away from war zones. He even knew the history of when things started right down to 1914.

I was taken back and couldn't get this out of my head. I still haven't. It makes me realize how very lucky we are here. Even if we have an idiot for a leader, we are reasonably safe. We do not have bombs outside our houses, we do not have anyone taking our family members at gunpoint, we do not have to leave our homes in order to remain living.

I plan on finding out more about the life style and trials of life first hand while I am there. More to be written on that upon my return.