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Cooking Confessions

CHAPTER TWO

Selima

I would have given anything just to be with my sister Selima

for the years we were separated. She was my everything. She

always protected me, but when she left me I felt as if I was out in

the world by myself. Because honestly, I was.

But I knew that she had to go. The world was calling her name

and she answered in a big way. Quite frankly, Selima didn’t choose

the streets – look at the options she was provided. She could’ve

either stayed in the abusive household we were in or see what the

world had to offer. Not much of a choice was it?

Despite the fact that I know she didn’t have much of a choice,

that doesn’t stop me from imagining how different our lives could

have been if we had just stayed together. I’ve long since forgiven

her for leaving. I now know that the decision she made was the

best one. But I still can’t help but feel like we could have made it

together, just me and Selima. I remember encountering things in