A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks.

I, too, was carrying around my own fate. All the things I couldn't know sat somewhere inside, embroidered into me-maybe not quite fixed to the point of inevitability but waiting, in any event, for a chance to unspool.

Being in the dark, there's a real weight to it. It's heavy.

Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.

A little goes a long way in Somalia: $5 will feed a person there for about two weeks.

In my version of paradise, the air was always cold and the rivers ran with candy.

After being in captivity for so long, I can't begin to describe how wonderful it feels to be home in Canada.