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RE: The @KidSisters Have Grown So Much 👧👧 Reflecting On Better Pre-Stranded Abroad Times

My goodness.
I dont' even know where to begin. My heart breaks for you and your family.

Thankfully - I look at their smiling faces and take a deep breath and I'm thankful that children have more resilience that we do as adults.
We see all that they could have had - and they just look at what is there.

I'm sure at some point - it will hit them very hard - but for now - their smiling faces really cheer me in the midst of your painful struggle.

I hope this all gets sorted sooner rather than later and I really hope that your interview goes well and you can get your family to a place where your joy starts to return.

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It is crazy how long this COVID-19 and stranded abroad mess has gone on. Afghanistan is proof that the stroke of a pen can change everything in a moment, and rules can be broken. I worked my whole life for minimum wage and built the wealth of other Americans before I left the country, and I have nothing to show for it except no insurance, bad knees, and a bad back.

I realize it's not a potential life and death situation like in Afghanistan, but I feel I've helped my country considerably in my life, and to be disrespected by both Cambodia and the USA in this time makes us feel we have no home. I've tried to teach our daughters to have no allegiance to flags and nation-states, but that loyalty should be given to our fellow human beings. Our experience is a brutal example of why I live this way, but I hope this causes our daughters to be winds of change for humanity.

Thanks for your kind words my friend, they are worth much more than any upvote.

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