tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post3782416896636665683..comments2024-01-30T19:29:34.430+01:00Comments on Brits in Bosnia - toddlers, dog and all: A New LifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-83269968586098504232010-04-21T17:48:56.411+02:002010-04-21T17:48:56.411+02:00Bless you for writing this post. There are too man...Bless you for writing this post. There are too many stories like Azra's in Bosnia. So many lives were destroyed in that war. I'ts almost worse if you survived - then what - no job, no husband, no support. <br />I feel so fortunate that was not married during the war and did not have kids at that time. Thanks to all the ladies for supportive comments and understanding.elvedina2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/05231278797908751690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-49480369563291973032010-04-09T21:13:40.536+02:002010-04-09T21:13:40.536+02:00Ohh dear, I wish Azra best of luck in Germany. He...Ohh dear, I wish Azra best of luck in Germany. Her life was tough in Bosnia, but it maybe even tougher in Germany without proper documents. Hope things work out for her !<br /><br />alexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-55410284942798290732010-04-09T01:53:51.175+02:002010-04-09T01:53:51.175+02:00Stories like this make me feel so privileged and i...Stories like this make me feel so privileged and impotent. I cannot even imagine a situation where I would have to live through such horrors. <br /><br />Your poor friend. I really hope she has found something in Germany, and that things work out for her. I hope too that you find her again one day, looking more equal in age to you...testament to a new found happy life. PxPeabee72http://battlingon.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-53325088989646718942010-04-07T18:47:23.863+02:002010-04-07T18:47:23.863+02:00I think today, due to major puke induced sleep dep...I think today, due to major puke induced sleep deprivation I will be crying at many posts. This one got me. What a sad story. So well written. <br /><br />I wish there someone like you writing at News International to offset their anti-immigration stance. No-one wants to uproot their entire family and move to another country without money, contacts, employment, residence or hope unless their home country has even less likelihood of providing such things.<br /><br />"...Give me your tired, your poor, <br />Your huddled massess yearning to breathe free,<br />The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.<br />Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,<br />I life my lamp beside the golden door!"<br /><br />Emma Lazarus, 1883<br /><br />Where is the spirit of compassion for our fellow human beings Emma Lazarus saw in the US in the late Nineteenth Century? <br /><br />I hope your friend is finding peace in Germany.<br /><br />MD xMrsVikkitoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14907024797797093935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-71852561602152678112010-04-07T17:42:23.209+02:002010-04-07T17:42:23.209+02:00Some people lead truly incredible lives. Whenever ...Some people lead truly incredible lives. Whenever I'm feeling sorry for myself, stories like this remind me how very lucky I am. Great post!Lady Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00933248315325429447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-40914217668871264402010-04-07T15:01:00.649+02:002010-04-07T15:01:00.649+02:00Oh I hope she's happy. As you know I went to s...Oh I hope she's happy. As you know I went to school with some Yugoslavians and I always wonder what happened to them during the conflict and if their lives turned out OK. I hope so.Liz (LivingwithKids)http://www.kidstart.co.uk/livingwithkidsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-89916662317288648722010-04-07T11:24:43.986+02:002010-04-07T11:24:43.986+02:00This is such a touching post. I hope she makes it...This is such a touching post. I hope she makes it in Germany. I really hope she does...<br /><br /><br />PS-I have tagged you at my blogKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973125452842612070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-60455850690828075332010-04-06T22:10:48.529+02:002010-04-06T22:10:48.529+02:00I have several friends here in Albania & in Sr...I have several friends here in Albania & in Sri Lanka where we lived before with similar stories, everyone asssuming life is better abroad, desperate to escape their country. It is a sobering thought the whole accident of birth thing. There but for the grace of God go I etc.Paradise Lost In Translationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507703496080523959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-45152500082025330542010-04-06T16:55:39.525+02:002010-04-06T16:55:39.525+02:00I love this post Emily. And will you too miss Bosn...I love this post Emily. And will you too miss Bosnia?A Modern Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15632406403657444930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-37424710039719347592010-04-06T09:29:33.146+02:002010-04-06T09:29:33.146+02:00This certainly gets things into perspective for me...This certainly gets things into perspective for me today. Loved this post. What a story she has.alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09338687691871813019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-80080354734032635872010-04-05T23:28:57.670+02:002010-04-05T23:28:57.670+02:00Life really is in the luck of the draw; where we a...Life really is in the luck of the draw; where we are born makes an entire world's worth of difference. I hope she's OK.Sparxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-792737566969869402010-04-05T22:27:38.806+02:002010-04-05T22:27:38.806+02:00Gosh. How fortunate we are in comparison. Azra sou...Gosh. How fortunate we are in comparison. Azra sounds like a resilient, determined character. I hope that helps her achieve the life she clearly deserves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-5887655314914863692010-04-05T22:02:14.704+02:002010-04-05T22:02:14.704+02:00It certainly brings things to reality... we have i...It certainly brings things to reality... we have it so easy compared to some countries. I hope she has a good and happy life now, it sounds like she deserves it. Thank you for sharing.<br /><br />In another note been thinking of a possible name for your blog and unfortunately the thinking didn't bring anything decent I am afraid :)Perfectly Happy Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12540802461861922439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-52329588222340313982010-04-05T15:11:40.477+02:002010-04-05T15:11:40.477+02:00What a tough life.
This week I've had to jump...What a tough life.<br /><br />This week I've had to jump through various medical hoops for visa purposes, and even when people are kind and it's all very civilised, it still makes you feel like a second class citizen. But of course you have to smile sweetly, because these people have the power to tick the boxes or not. And you don't want them not to tick the boxes...<br /><br />How much worse for someone like your friend, who is doing it on the wrong side of the law.Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-51121412695019100582010-04-05T14:05:21.164+02:002010-04-05T14:05:21.164+02:00Very touching, very moving, very poignant.
Makes ...Very touching, very moving, very poignant. <br />Makes me realise how lucky we are.<br /><br />I hope Azra truly finds a new (and better) life in Germany. <br /><br />LCM xLondon City Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459815415379403354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-27349091577377846302010-04-05T12:47:58.904+02:002010-04-05T12:47:58.904+02:00Oh my lord, I have not experianced a tenth of ehat...Oh my lord, I have not experianced a tenth of ehat this lady has, it makes me sad that this has happened, no it actually makes my blood boilJen Walshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374363403295342745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-35089363630910890882010-04-05T11:53:47.171+02:002010-04-05T11:53:47.171+02:00What a fantastic post. I wish that everyone who la...What a fantastic post. I wish that everyone who labels illegal immigrants scroungers would read it.<br /><br />Behind every 'illegal immigrant' there is a human face and an often terrifyingly sad story.<br /><br />I hope your friend has found peace in Germany. Is this the friend that you were referring to in your e-mail?Gappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086671907412626209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-80393081020425814662010-04-05T11:47:47.688+02:002010-04-05T11:47:47.688+02:00What a lovely bittersweet post. And how about ...What a lovely bittersweet post. And how about 'A New Life' as your new blog name?Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124374747737466986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-9235457319610978402010-04-05T10:56:06.499+02:002010-04-05T10:56:06.499+02:00That was a really sweet post.
I have no idea what...That was a really sweet post.<br /><br />I have no idea what to call your new blog!Troutiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261579320025278457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-18747026417146889022010-04-05T10:56:06.016+02:002010-04-05T10:56:06.016+02:00That was a really sweet post.
I have no idea what...That was a really sweet post.<br /><br />I have no idea what to call your new blog!Troutiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261579320025278457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-50465847840765659132010-04-05T10:54:39.028+02:002010-04-05T10:54:39.028+02:00A brilliant post, but so sad and poignant. I hope...A brilliant post, but so sad and poignant. I hope she's found a better life but you can't help but think that the grass really isn't much greener anywhere else at the moment.Very Bored in Catalunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07695203425270299420noreply@blogger.com