The Foreign Service Journal, June 2018

THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL | JUNE 2018 87 AH: Daddy coming home. And if that can’t happen, making two of mommy. Two people so you can do a lot of things at once. JH: I like your thinking! I’ve wished for two of me for a long time! Okay, I’m going to ask you a few more questions. What makes you happy? AH: When mommy comes and plays with me. JH: What is your biggest worry? AH: That daddy will die in Iraq. JH: Do you really worry about that? I didn’t know that. AH: There are wars in Iraq, and I know there are a lot of refugees. So I worry. JH: You don’t need to worry about that. Daddy is really in a safe place and has lots of people looking out for him. And listen, if he dies, I’ll kill him because I want him back home. (We both laugh and I give him a big hug.) Okay, so, what are you looking for- ward to doing when we are all back in America together? AH: Being with daddy and mommy all at once. JH: What are three things you can’t live without? AH: Water, food and sleep. And books. But that’s four. JH: If you could change anything about our family, what would it be? AH: Daddy never going away. JH: And if you could change anything about the world, what would it be? AH: To have no war. And that the Greek gods were real. I’d just love that. n