The Note
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"I remember opening the box and seeing inside it a note." Selma tells us how the note and the box fill her with both happiness and sadness.
Transcript
"This box is from Baghdad. It came to me as things were brewing up for war in Iraq a second time round, and it came to me from a relative who'd been to visit her relatives in Iraq, and she'd brought this box back from my aunt and my cousins.
And I remember receiving it and I remember feeling happy but also sad that they were there and the situation was getting worse. And I remember opening the box and seeing inside it a note from them, and it just said, Dear Sister Selma, with love Selma. That was my Aunt Selma, and Benzene, and I remember calling them up to thank them, and that was the last conversation I had with him.
The war then happened and the lines went down and I wasn't able to talk to them. And since then I've felt guilty, I feel unable to call them because I feel I wouldn't know what to say to them. I feel guilty they're there and I'm here, and the more time goes on, the more I find it hard to call them up. So the box is both happiness and sadness."
Your comments
"That's so sweet! Poor you!"
Katara from MK"Excellent. i have a similar one back home ... nothing beats true Iraq ornaments and gifts."
Haifa Azzawi
