 People take everything for granted. The very electricity that we have right now is a privilege for us. In Iraq, you only get two to four hours of electricity a day. It's 120 degrees in summer. It gets miserable. You wake up in the middle of the night sweating, but as soon as that power turns on, you feel that cool air. You're the happiest person in the world at that time. I remember the day we got our papers in the mail. My mother was so happy that the mail lady, she ran out and hugged her, and then she walked back in and hugged us too. And I was really happy that we got our papers and finally naturalized. Today, they're still proud of who I am, what I do, and they've seen a big difference in me. And I think they're proud to say their son's a Marine. I can do my best to help the Marine Corps, help the country that roof over my head, and help my native country in the horrible state that it's in. I only spent five years in Iraq. However, it's probably the best and worst five years of my life. And today I thank my parents for taking us back there, even though I still remember crying about leaving the States because I didn't want to move. I was happy where I was.