What Will I Do with 60 Days of Peace in Gaza?

What Will I Do with 60 Days Without War? This isn’t the first time a ceasefire proposal has been announced, but this time it seems somewhat serious. The world has granted us 60 days of a humanitarian ceasefire to rest our minds and ease our exhaustion, to breathe after 21 months that have been nothing short of an extermination of my small city. I survived with my family, except for my brother whose soul ascended to his Lord while his body remains buried under the rubble, taking with it part of our life’s foundation. Trying to Avoid Darkness There’s no need for despair here; I’ll try to avoid gloomy writing whenever my pen edges close to it. 60 days of ceasefire are on the way. It’s puzzling how I will make use of them, as they may just become a memory. Reflections from a Different World The outside world sees me and asks me to “reflect” and enjoy these 60 days. But they don’t realize we’re living a fragment of peace amidst an ongoing war. They live their normal lives, where enjoyment has become routine, while for us, this ceasefire is just a brief pause in long-lasting pain. How can we celebrate or forget what surrounds us? True Reflection Perhaps these 60 days are an opportunity to deeply think about the meaning of life and finding peace within the storms. Reflection is not just calm moments, but a search for hope in our hearts to find inner peace despite all the pain. Maybe this ceasefire is the beginning of reclaiming that peace. My Plan During the Ceasefire Certainly, I will go to the sea. I want to breathe its air and see its farthest horizons. I love the sea very much. Before the war, I used to go there often, sometimes with my family, sometimes with my friends, and sometimes alone on my scooter chair. I used to talk to it, and it would answer me with the changing waves. It holds many secrets about me. Finally, I will go and tell it many things I have inside. What else will I do during these 60 days? I will go to my home, even if it is rubble. I want to smell the scent of memories. I want to see my green neighborhood so I don’t always feel like a displaced person. I hope new kinds of food enter our lives besides lentils and legumes. I want to taste fruits and meats; we have been deprived of them for many months. I want to make my favorite meal myself: pizza. I want to bake sweets, I love cake very much. My friends and I will agree to go out and meet in a place we haven’t gathered for years. It saddens me that some of them are no longer alive, and it also saddens me that the places that used to bring us together have turned to ash. Reflections and Hope I’m sorry for returning to gloomy writing, but this is the reality, believe me. Consider this a reminder to reflect on your life the simplest things you live are dreams for others. Make the most of every moment in your life by enjoying it. The End: 60 Days on the Horizon Here come 60 days on the horizon. I am excited to live them in peace and safety. Perhaps after that, the war will return; we will either die in it or live. I do not know what fate awaits us from the random bombings, or whether our enemy will truly grant us lasting peace.