My name is Trieu Lyra, I am 24 years old.
At 19, I married the man I loved, believing it would be the peaceful haven of my life. But just a year later, I was drafted into military service and had to leave my hometown for four years, leaving behind my husband and my beloved elderly father.
Four years is not a short time. I endured countless difficulties and challenges, carrying within me the belief that the day of return would be a day of reunion. However, life dealt me a very high price.
Upon my return, I discovered my husband had remarried. The father I longed to see had passed away two years earlier. My mother died when I was young, and now, my last remaining relative is gone.
I returned to my hometown empty-handed, having lost the family I had strived to protect. But after all this, I am still Lyra – someone who has weathered the most difficult years of my life and is still learning to move forward strongly.