Blog Post # Two: The Story

"Every family has a story. Ours begins with water. My family lived in the part of the world where there is no difference between land and sea."

I chose this sentence because in a sense, it relates a lot to my life and in a sense, I wish my life related more to the sentence. I grew up on the water and can't live without it. My life has become so fused with the ocean that I can't imagine living in a world where water isn't always close by.
The other reason I chose this sentence was because of the depth of it. I have never thought about the world as a place with no boundaries. Never thought of it as a place where anything can come from anywhere.

The Sentence I Chose: Chapter One

"A little burn of envy seeps through me. I don't know how Aisha does it, but she always cheers up my parents."

I chose this quote because I think it lays out the fact that Nadira and her family think she will never be as good as Aisha. "A little burn of envy seeps through me." I don't think the envy is just because Aisha can cheer her mom up and she can't (or at least at the moment). I think there is much, much more behind the envy. Aisha knows what it's like to be close, to be the center of attention, to be loved. I don't think Nadira has ever known true, deep, love, love that goes to the core. Personally, I think the only love Nadira has ever felt is the love of a family that has to love her because she is family.