Quote Originally Posted by thatguy View Post
I actually thought about that today. I can not imagine, or even pretend to imagine life in Tehran as a child.

I believe it is Shintooo who also has an incredible story about coming to the States from the Middle East.

I had a girlfriend years ago who's Mom was a little girl in Frankfurt Germany during the carpet bombing.
Even though they were the enemy, Her stories would just send chills through you.
Her entire family died except her and her little brother. They scavenged to live as mere toddlers.

I met the Moms brother when he came to Alaska to visit my girlfriends mom. ( His sister)
He was a successful business owner in W Germany when I met him they were both around 60 YO then.

They showed me a picture of the 2 of them as kids. They had on rags, literally starving, with hands out for food.

We have it made here. We don't know what real suffering is in a war ravaged homeland.
I have a friend born in Lebanon. Lived there till I think he was 8 or 9. The stories he and his family would tell about the bombings and the way it was is scary as hell. Truly makes you grateful for what we've got.