story writing based on female independence
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This story starts with a war. If you prefer to see a more humorous representation of this story, scroll down to the end of this section for its comic version.
When I was born, the war was raging in my country. My grandparents were separated from us by numerous battalions and conflict zones. From my perspective today it sounds like the end of the world. And it was.
In all of this, my grandma still wanted to come and meet the newborn me. She even had a pressing reason to do so: My mom was afraid to give me a bath (!). Since I was her first child, she didn’t know how to hold me and she was afraid that she would hurt me. Funny, right?
So, what did my grandma do? She traveled literally through war to come to our city. She always tells this story with such exhilaration, especially when it comes to this moment (loosely quoting my grandma here):
We were all on a bus, and several soldiers stormed in. They had these huge rifles pointed at us, of the kind I had never seen before. And they started asking the passengers: “Where are you going?” And I proudly answered: “I am going to see my granddaughter! Out of my way!”
As a child, this story terrified me. I could not believe my grandma risked her life to come and give me a bath… But now I understand that she did it because she simply wanted to reclaim her right to hold her first grandchild in her arms. And nothing could stop her.
Given my grandma’s character, this does not come as a surprise. During her life she fought off an abusive husband and put him in his place in court, she oversaw and organized the construction of her own house, and she protected it during the war from soldiers who wanted to occupy it. If this is not strength, then I don’t know what is.