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I've reached the age of new and improved while remaining childish in my heart. My son's growing faster than I am, it seems. I live in a small town in North Caroline, a mile from many shore lines and amidst the coastal madness that is tourism and summer activity. I go back to school often and change my mind every time. I work as hard as I play, I drink wine nightly and special occasions happen often in my home. We're open to anything and live freely and proudly. I do my best to keep up the vintage feel that I believe my soul captured at birth, but most of the time I'm lounging in boots and shorts. I'm Kelsi *All pictures ARE mine unless otherwise stated or reblogged*

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nprfreshair: thepoliticalnotebook: This is Samar Hassan, now 12 years old. She was the screaming 5-year old girl in the striking photo taken by the late Chris Hondros, a photo that has become emblematic of the Iraq war.  She had never seen the famous photo of her, blood-spattered, the  night her parents were killed by American soldiers in Tal Afar in 2005.  She now lives in Mosul, with her older sister and her sister’s husband.   The photograph of Samar is frozen in history, but her life moved on, across a trajectory that is emblematic of what so many Iraqis have endured. In a country whose health care system has almost no ability to treat the psychological aspects of trauma, thousands of Iraqis are left alone with their torment. Read more at the New York Times.  (Photo Credit: Ayman Oghanna for The New York Times) On today’s Fresh Air, reporter Tim Arango talks about tracking down Samar Hassan Stunningly painful.

nprfreshair:

thepoliticalnotebook:

This is Samar Hassan, now 12 years old. She was the screaming 5-year old girl in the striking photo taken by the late Chris Hondros, a photo that has become emblematic of the Iraq war.  She had never seen the famous photo of her, blood-spattered, the  night her parents were killed by American soldiers in Tal Afar in 2005.  She now lives in Mosul, with her older sister and her sister’s husband.  

The photograph of Samar is frozen in history, but her life moved on, across a trajectory that is emblematic of what so many Iraqis have endured. In a country whose health care system has almost no ability to treat the psychological aspects of trauma, thousands of Iraqis are left alone with their torment.

Read more at the New York Times. 

(Photo Credit: Ayman Oghanna for The New York Times)

On today’s Fresh Air, reporter Tim Arango talks about tracking down Samar Hassan

Stunningly painful.

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