The same men who are placing all these outrageous restrictions on women’s freedoms in southern Somalia – that type of mentality – that’s what I had to deal with in captivity.

I am so proud to be a Canadian.

I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in.

I'm not afraid of IED's, bullets, mortars.

I know firsthand how critical support systems are.

We all waited on an afterlife. Only I planned to be alive for mine.

The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.