Personal Narrative: My Life In Baghdad

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I was sitting with my friends and we was laughing, and having fun. we stayed in the street having fun for 5 hours. We didn’t feel the time we spend together until my mom called, ”go home right now.” I told my friends I will see you on monday. I was going to the house with a lot of things was in my mind. I was thinking what I did wrong. I knew something happened, but my heart worried that I would not see my friends again.
I was in the living room sitting on the couch. It was a thursday night. My mom came to me and I saw her face was sad and happy in the same time. I told her what is happened and she told me, “son you will go to the United states of a America on monday.” I was happy and I told her, “ok so why you are sad.” She told me, “ because you will go alone.” I was very shocked. “she told don’t worry we will come about 7 months you have just 3 days to be ready.” I left Iraq in a cold night. I saw baghdad from the car window for the last time the tears was in my eyes. in that time everything I remember just flashed front of my eyes.
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Now I live a great life, I feel this is my new home. It’s very hard to leave your life just like that, but it’s very good feeling when you wake up every morning and tell yourself god I don’t want to die today. It’s a very good feeling when no one tell you your friends died today. It’s a very good feeling when you don’t hear your friend kidnapped and they want a lot of money, so they even sell their house to afford it. It’s a very good feeling when no one told you your best friend died and we can’t find his body. Now I feel i’m safe in my new

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