Fifty years ago, I believe to the day, we left the hell of the Lebanese civil war to start a new life in the West (Canada). For the first 20 years of my new life in the West, I thought that the ugly realities of my childhood were behind me. Regrettably, they are quickly creeping up everywhere in the West. I tried to warn you... I pray that your children and mine will not have to face the harsh realities of my childhood.