We are family.

[helderheid]

Tonight I was looking on my harddrive for pictures of the students I went to school with in the Netherlands but realized I only had physical pictures and not digital ones. My classmates were from Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Dutch colonies as well as one from Russia and one from Scotland.

Our commonality was the Dutch language.

I was pregnant when attending these classes. The men from Iraq made sure to open the door for me every morning. The women from Afghanistan shared with me their stories of having their babies for the first time and how frightening it was in their country. Each and every student regardless of where they were from treated me as an equal - even though I knew our government had a huge role in their destinies.

We all want a good life.
We all want our children to have bright futures.
We all want health, a wage that we can live on, and friendship.

We all hurt when there is war.
We all hurt when our children are hurting or are in danger of hurting.
We all suffer when we are deprived of what will keep us healthy, when we are deprived of a decent wage, and when we are isolated.

Please - we are all people. Those radicals in power are killing us - we are family.

[helderheid]

1. Goodnight :)