“Stars and Stripes” Forever

By Ralph Isenberg

(Sept. 6, 2007) Tonight I talked to Ayman in Jordan. While his trip to the United States Embassy did not produce the results we would have liked, Ayman was allowed to enter as if he was a United States Citizen because he had his two sisters with him.

“It really felt good” he said. He continued “for a few minutes I felt like I was home where I belonged.”

The above may seem too small to report. To Ayman the moments he spent in the embassy (considered to be sovereign soil of the United States) was very important. Being there was important enough to get Ayman through another day.

One day Ayman, you and your family will once again be on the sane soil I call home for it is your home also. It is not a matter of “if” but “when.”

Make sure your family understands this and if possible I would like to suggest that the family once a week walk together past the embassy and look at the “stars and stripes.” These are the colors of your home.

Ayman Suleiman, American worker