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Teachers as Therapists
This 13-year-old Bosnian boy lived all his life in a small town north of Sarajevo. In summer 1993, the Bosnian Serbs attacked his village. Amir's home was destroyed. He watched his mother get hit by shrapnel. "Blood was gushing out of her head and face, and she lay there motionless," Amir said. "I wanted to go back and pull her out of the rubble, but my father told me she had died. "I can still see her face, her eyes, her pain. I miss her. I dream about her. I wished I had died instead of her. We left her body there and ran to the mountains to save our lives. "My father, sister and I walked through the mountains for three days to reach Sarajevo. We walked at night, hiding during the day. We were hungry and cold, and we were afraid of being caught or killed. "I often think I could have saved my mother. The scenes of explosions and my mother's wounded body often run in front of my eyes, as if I am watching a movie. Sometimes I feel I don't want to live anymore. I am so unhappy. I can't think of my future." |
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Case one: Amir
