What Are You Truely NOT Missing?

I don’t miss the emptiness I used to feel about life.

I don’t miss obsessing over keeping my house perfectly organized.

I don’t miss needing to be the best at work, school, or in relationships.

I don’t miss the ego of my youth.

I don’t miss the attention from the cutest boy in town — he’s someone else’s husband now.

I don’t miss the fake smile from my cousin who never liked me — I still don’t know why.

I don’t miss the fear of disappointing my parents in my twenties.

I don’t miss the dark nights in Iraq without power.

I don’t miss the endless news of war.

I don’t miss feeling lost about my future in Kurdistan.

I don’t miss any of it — I have everything I need now.