I opened my email just now … and what do I find waiting for me?
A message from my ex-husband … it’s been nearly ten years since we last spoke and nearly as long that we had any direct contact (though I have visited his mother on numerous occasions; we always got along famously … and she has always said she likes me better than him …)
Our last conversation was in an elevator, leaving an attorney’s office in Chicago.
“So you’re with Katy now, huh?”
“Yup.”
“I always thought the two of you were more than friends.”
“We were just friends until after …”
“Right.”
“Don’t believe me. But you were the one that cheated, not me.”
“You were always a dyke.”
“Maybe. So you and her …?”
“We’re getting married. She’s pregnant. At least she can do that right.”
“Huh, I guess we should say good luck, right?”
“Yes. Whatever.”
Anyway, that was years and years gone by … and the little I had heard since, he was married, had a couple kids (I’ve seen pictures; I have loved that they look like their mother – blond, blue eyed, not at all Arab ,,, must be embarassing!)
And today …
He writes me to say he is proud of me, that he knows I will do great things, that he misses me … and that we will all be free soon …
Damn.
4 comments:
Hi Amina,
You are certainly pushing out the posts today and this one basically sums up what the whole region needs to understand.
Holding dialogue with adversaries is not a sign of weakness, more a sign that both sides want progress and peace.
Stay safe and look after your Father.
Sending you strong hugs!
That's a spooky feeling, like a ghost forgiving you for whatever had made it haunt you.
I'm glad you're with your dad. Sleep tight, I hope you're in a safe place.
best wishes Amina, Assad will never leave at will , because like gaddaffi , he cannot go to Saudi Arabia ( the best place to evade any international law) . All the butchers lived there happily , including Edi Amin.
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