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1919
Dear Parchment Pals,

My dad is teaching me how to tell what someone is sick with! I’m going to be the best doctor in Somalia when I grow up!

Dad says a lot of people were hurt three years ago in the Great War. I hope there were enough doctors to make them all better.

What are you doing with your families?

From,

Aaden Russo

1924
Dear Hans and Dimitri,

I got to help Papa with a patient for the first time! I didn’t make a single mistake helping him! He was really proud of me when we finished.

there’s a lot of weird stuff going on with who is in charge of Somalia. My other parchment pal Gurey (he is also somali) is now Italian Somali like me, but he wasn’t before (he was British somali before, not sure what the difference is). I guess that’s good, but I don’t really know what it means.

Bye,

Aaden Russo

1944
Hans and Dimitri,

Dad’s not doing well. His leg isn’t healing the way it should be. It’s been months since we got out of the war, but he’s just not getting better. I’m lucky I know how to help him at all, though. Other people can’t get the help they need as easily. I’m sure Dad’s gonna make it through this. The war is over, and we have to recover from this. I hope your families are all right.

Your friend,

Aaden Russo

1954
Hans and Dimitri,

Somalia now has our own flag. I feel like this really shows how we’re becoming our own nation. It’s a bit like how I’ve been becoming independent in my own life. My daughter says when she grows up, she wants to be a doctor like me, but I don’t really know if I could teach her well. Also, it’s been exactly two years since my dad died. I wonder what he would think of what’s happening now. I hope you two are all right where you are now.

Your friend,

Aaden Russo