This book is an account of my family's experiences living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during Desert Shield/Storm (later known as the First Gulf War) in 1990-1991. My husband was an Infantry officer with the U.S. Army and I was a teacher at an Arabic Women's Language School. Our children attended the International School. It was a year of challenges and amazing opportunities. It was the year of my war, the one I lived through.