There’s no place like home. It’s been a hell of a week, and I’m just glad it’s over.

I hope I can finally put that lousy episode behind me.

However, I did learn a valuable life lesson in there- NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING THROUGH IN LIFE, SOMEONE OUT THERE IS GOING THROUGH SO MUCH WORSE.

Just when I thought I’d reached the end of the road and it couldn’t get any worse, I came face to face with displaced refugees from Bosnia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and a host of other countries with jaw-breaking names I’ve never heard of in my life, who I could do nothing but weep profusely for.

Like I said before, this should make good material for my future blog entries, so I won’t give away too much. But I just feel so compelled to share what I saw and learnt in the asylum house with you.

This Bosnian woman had been arrested at the border for trying to cross into Belgium illegally with her husband and two toddlers. For some reason I couldn’t fathom, the border police had made her choose between her husband and kids- someone had to go back.

Without even giving it a thought, she chose her two girls, and she hasn’t seen or spoken to her husband in three years. How she ended up in Slovenia is beyond me. She’s been in the asylum house ever since and her decision for asylum is still pending.

An almost similar story with the Mongolian woman, except the entire family was intact, but they’ve been living in the same tiny room for 15 months now- Mother, father and two teenage girls.

The most shattering, a Kazakh single mother with a set of twins who she had in the asylum house some 2 years ago, recently underwent a mastectomy to have not one but both breasts removed to prevent her cancer from spreading.

If you’re still pondering how I came to find myself in such close proximity with such poor unfortunate souls, DON’T. You’ll understand as my story unravels.

In the words of a dedicated reader’s comment on my last post, “JaneDoe JaneDoe! Do you court drama or drama just finds you?” To which I replied, “beats me, perhaps I murdered a bunch of kids in another life and I’m paying for it in this life” : STAY AS FAR AWAY AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN FROM TROUBLE.

The rest of my adventures continue.. don’t go away.

Bloggingly,

J.Doe

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