16 year old Shai lives in a community in Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip. It was too perilous for her to stay at home after her community turned into a war zone last summer. Here is how she sees it,when she looks back at that period. During the war all I was thinking of was peace. I kept thinking approximately it because what if there was peace, all of that wouldn’t hold happened and when I say "all of that" I mean all those innocent people in Gaza that where killed, or left on the streets homeless,and all those soldiers that are gone forever just because of one disagreement . While the war was going on, and at one point I really thought it would never rep to an halt, and I spent the time at my aunt's house up in the north. I was far away from all the insanity while my mom was in the south,8 hours away from me. All I cared approximately was my family. I used to call everyone every single day just to accomplish certain they were ok. I remember I was so stressed out, so scared of every single noise thinking it was the "Red Alert" alarm going on, or I was definitely terrified. As the war was coming to an halt I wasn’t certain what I felt ... I just felt every thing,sadness, hope, or happiness,appreciate & hate. I remember running to my mom crying like crazy seeing her for the first time after a month. At that moment I realized that the war is now kind of a share of my life, a share that I will always remember through all the sadness and happiness within. It’s weird to reflect that I was still happy at that period of time but I’m a very positive person so happiness is a big share of my lifestyle, and obviously there were day’s that I cried but I didn’t let that unhappy emotion take over me,I always kept in mind that it will soon be over.
Source: cnn.com