HALF SPOON OF RICE

HALF SPOON OF RICE WAS A VERY SHORT PICTURE BOOK ABOUT THE CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SHORT, I THINK WE HAVE THIS CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE THING COVERED. IF YOU KNOW SOME STORIES OF THIS SUBJECT, I BET YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. IT WAS SUPER SAD TO READ, AND THINKING ABOUT IT WAS HORRIBLE! IT HAS A GOOD ENDING AND IS A GOOD STORY, BUT I'M KIND OF GETTING BUMMED OUT WITH ALL IF THESE TRAGIC TIMES FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE WORLD. IN THIS WORLD WE ALL LIVE IN TODAY, AND WHERE WE ARE LIVING, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS IS TO BE HUNGRY. WE CANT GO FOR MORE THAN 4-5 HOURS WITHOUT HAVING TO EAT. SNACKING IS AN EVERYDAY THING AND IS CONSTANT THING WITH BOTH KIDS AND ADULTS. I DON'T THINK I COULD LAST VERY LONG NOT EATING BARELY ANYTHING!! I DON'T THINK ANYONE IN THIS DAY IN AGE COULD DO IT, BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS ENOUGH TO GO AROUND. WHEN XANTHE WAS IN THE ORPHANAGE SHE ATE EVERYTHING THROUGH A BOTTLE AND DID IT IN ABOUT TWO SECONDS. SHE STILL WORRIES THAT SHE WON'T GET AS MUCH AS SHE NEEDS, AND AS I GOT THINKING, I WAS RAN THROUGH MY PREVIOUS THOUGHTS AND REALIZED HOW WEIRD THAT IS TO ME TO WORRY ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH FOOD EVER. MISSING A MEAL IN ONE DAY IS NOT HUNGER. THE THING THAT IS SO DIFFERENT FROM MY LIFE AND THE BOOK, IS PROBABLY UNDERSTANDING, AND THOUGHTS THAT COME WITH DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AND THIS BOOK MAKES MY LIFE SO EASY, BUT ALSO THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER THINGS NOW TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEN, AND DIFFERENT STRUGGLES WILL STILL CHANGE THROUGHOUT TIME. I THINK I LIKE MY LIFE!!!:)