We used to live a simple life, full of laughter and school.

My siblings and I once dreamed of becoming doctors or, at the very least, engineers.

But as time passed, everything changed. Our dreams were shattered,

And we found ourselves living a life we never expected.

Hope was buried.

We lost our home, our lives, and all the dreams we had…

swallowed by this painful passage of time.

We lost so many loved ones and so much of what we once owned.

But what remains is the need to keep going—

to hold on through patience, and to keep praying for relief that only God can bring.