I’m still afraid.
When I hear loud noise in the street, my heart tightens — for a moment I think it’s a funeral.
When a car speeds by, I feel like it’s a missile coming toward us, and I cover my ears.
When something falls and makes a loud sound, my heart races — it feels like an explosion.
And when my children step outside the tent… I get scared.
Scared of bombing, of noise, of loss — of everything that could happen in a second.
I’m still afraid…
We haven’t moved on, and maybe we never will.