(CNN) -- With violence approaching their doorstep, 10-year-old Beverly Dempsey and her father had eight hours to gather their belongings into one suitcase apiece and evacuate Egypt during last month's uprising. Her mother, a U.S. State Department employee, had to stay behind while they were relocated to temporary housing in Falls Church, Virginia, with other displaced diplomatic families. Jim Dempsey tries to make life as normal as possible for his daughter, who is attending school for the first time in the United States, having lived abroad since she was 2. But her heart remains in Egypt, the place she's come to regard as home.
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Jim Dempsey and daughter, Beverly, were forced to leave Egypt last month amid uprising
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His wife, a USAID employee, had to stay behind
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They've been temporarily relocated to Virgina but now consider Egypt home
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"I want to go back really badly, but that doesn't mean I don't like it here," says Beverly, 10
Jim Dempsey, an economic development consultant, says he is grateful to the @placeholder government for making the transition as smooth as possible in a community that has been welcoming and supportive.