I cannot believe I am seeing the light of day! I feel for my arm! My face!
I open my eyes and close them, then I open them again to ensure that what I am seeing is real. 

Studying psychology, we learned that one of the characteristics of a traumatic event is that it is sudden and unplanned for.

The Smell of Gunpowder: There are two kinds of killing we are exposed to daily and always from this criminal usurper.

While we are in the twilight zone between life and death, I find myself recalling my memories and remembering my life. 

I welcomed my birthday as we are stifled under the strongest, most difficult attack we faced in our combat history. I say our combat history because we, or at least I, have witnessed many wars and aggressions that the sieged Gaza Strip has lived for many years.