COVID changed our lives, some for better, some for worse, better? really! millions dead! living in fear! no goodbyes to dying Dad! does it get worse? three years later, we wonder . . .
Read moreIn Gratitude to 2020
What a year! Need I list it all: disease, loss of life, racial injustice, a bitter election, a nation torn apart. . . . Yet, there have been moments of gratitude. Gratitude, when New Yorkers stepped out of the warmth of their apartments. . . .
We Haven't Had Closure
Two weeks ago, we lost a close family member. Not COVID-19, but an affliction that took his breath away.
Read moreA Letter to My Father
2nd Lieutenant in England in 1951
I have been thinking about the conversations I would have had with you over the past ten years since you left us. Sometimes I have wondered: what would Daddy have said? Sometimes: Did you see his latest Tweet? And these days, it is: It’s a good thing you are not around.
Read morePOWER-LESS
It was 5:30 a.m. I was trying to catch some sleep after Fajr morning prayer, when it went quiet. So quiet I could hear it.
Read moreFor The First Time. . . .
For the first time in five months, we saw our children and grandchildren in person
Read moreVendor Woes: Pandemic & Fines
He was gone! Shelter-in-Place had been in effect for two days when I ventured out to get some vegetables from the street vendor . . . . He was not there; not him, not his cart. Maybe he is sick.
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