to be honest, i don’t know where to
begin. 2012 has been conceivably the toughest year of my life. from being
kidnapped from my place of residence and moving 5,000 miles away from home to a
foreign place without family nor friends, attending a boarding school
unwilling, traveling to Mogadishu where my dad was raised and encountering upon
hundreds of family members i have never met, 2012 will always be remembered to
me as the year of changes. I’ve met some of the best people, and worst that i
will never sincerely never forget. i’ve met drug dealers, orphans, presidents,
tribe leaders, and sorrowfully some of my own family members that i never knew
existed. i went to court. i went to jail. i went to funerals.i went to small
villages that people have only a piece of stale bread to eat and are frightened
to sleep panicking if they will see the next day. i went to
weddings. i went to graduations. i’ve been to my mother’s homeland. i’ve been
to my father’s homeland. i’ve done things i’m proud of and things that are
shameful. i’ve been abandoned. i’ve been hurt. i’ve been loved. i know people
that have passed away (God forgive them and may they R.I.P) and beautiful
babies that were born. I have learned so many things from 2012. things happened
to me, that i never in my entire life thought, let alone happen to me. I will
not look back on the decisions i made. I will not let those things ruin my
2013. I want to make this year better for me, my family, and friends. i want to
graduate my sophomore year with at least at 3.8 and most importantly, stay out
of trouble.
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