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PRE FIRST CERTIFICATE B- Citizenship Today

Human rights at war

Tymostchuk, Tamara.

Sequels to one day, Lily, one day

Today, today

My name is Lily, I am a florist and a writer in my free time. After Mandela became president of South Africa, I started to think about publishing my first book, which is about my life when I was a child. When I first thought of writing my autobiography, I had in mind the idea of telling everyone about these inhuman crimes. Why are we different from these native people? Is it because of our language or the colour of our skin?

Nowadays I have two kids, they are adopted. The eldest is an African native kid whose name is Joshua and the youngest is called Charlotte. I raised them alone, without company. When I met them they were new-born children, they did not even have a day of life, they were very small. Obviously I got them in different years and from different mothers. They have given me hope in my life and filled me with spontaneity to achieve my deepest wishes, like being able to have my book published, which reveals my history and my hatred for the power that was in charge in the past.