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.

I don't only long for the thrill of being in the middle of a war, I must understand it; I must make other people understand.

Friendships that don't fit my life anymore have faded away, and new ones have come in.

I have watched lives change. I have seen women gain confidence.

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

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

Getting on a plane is hard for me, but I do it, because travel is vital to me.