“The Road of Lost Innocence” has been making an impact on my life, it has also made me realized how truly lucky I am to have the life I live. Even though at times I do not agree with the horrible problems I have to face, I always remember how those extremely young girls in the book are facing many worst problems then I am. However though these girls go through so much pain they are very strong humans that I admirer because they do  not give up and having so much hope. Hope is the key to life which is what I have learned from the reading.  The last chapters we had to read for class just really took over me, I tried to picture myself in the shoes of these girls it was extremely hard for me to do. It made me think about what would I do if I was a young girl in Cambodia who experience all of this issues. I strongly believe that I would not make it, if I was in their position I would have given up and I would not have any hope which is what  one really needs to have hope and believe that god will make away to get one out of that situation. The part from the book that really touched my heart was when she tells the story of Tom Dy. When Somaly mention that she passed away I did not want to believe it because she was the only girl who really wanted to strive to help the other girls who were still prostitutes. Tom Dy story was really  painful do to the fact that this young girl was not only a prostitute but she was hurt physical and she had a diseases not are not curable. People say God puts us in situations to learn from them or to teach someone else something but I just do not understand why Tom Dy had to face so many obstacles.  I have learn a lot from that young girl even though it was not the whole story of her life. The book has really been opening my eyes and I wish I could go to Cambodia and help.