Friday, December 18, 2009

The stubborn Post that wouldn't Post

Given that in the last month I've bruised the elbow joint (muscle and bone) and fell and created a hematoma on my skull, still doesn't excuse the fact that I've fallen behind. So I thought I'd write about what we are doing and come back at a later date to catch up.
We have just finished Safe Area in Gorazde.
This is not the first time I have heard of Bosnia. In 1992 a young girl by the name of Zlata Filipovic gave permission for her diary to be published. In 1994 I read this book, who told the world what was going on in Sarajevo and in Bosnia from a child's perspective.

It is interesting I'm currently writing an essay about perspective for this class. And adults perspective is very different than a child's perspective. I have to wonder as adults do we over run ourselves to the point that we fail to see what is truly important. I'm implied to say yes adults tend to complicate their lives. My suitemate Kaylette says "Life isn't hard, people make it hard." I guess for me it is the link to all survivors of war, they survive.

I don't mean survival in the heart is still beating sort of way but rather that that person's life still thrives, they continue. Maybe that is what made Gorazde so unique, these people were still there.

So to you dear reader, I encourage you to go out and read both Safe Area and Zlata's Diary.

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