- the night before we left somalia and we had to sleep in the middle of our living room because the war just broke out and the bombings around us were shattering our windows

- my first day of school in canada in grade 6. i had grown up in small town germany and been to somalia, but i'd never been exposed to anyone who wasn't white or black. sitting next to sikh, east asians, etc. was really confusing. add to that that i didn't speak a lick of english, and i just remember feeling really overwhelmed, sad and intimidated.

- my cousin's murder in 2012.

damn, some sad shit lol =/