May You Rest In Peace My Dear Father

May You Rest In Peace My Dear Father


Dear Father,
8/2/06……..they say it has been 2 years since your loss my dear father….but it seemed like only yesterday when we were laughing together as we recalled many an awkward moment that somehow seemed funny a few years later. It seemed like only yesterday when you and my mother were together like true soul mates…how good you both looked together and how genuine your happiness was…..It seemed like only yesterday when you held your first grandson in your arms and now there is Manar….Her delivery was bittersweet…this was the first time I could not share the birth of one of my children with you my dear father….you would have loved her so much….but somehow I know you could see her my dear father…I know it went well because of your prayers for us my dear father…I know you were there as I knew you were there during Malak’s graduation and during your mothers illness and when Abdelhamid Sayed Omer passed on and when Aoun El Sherief left us and when Waleed passed one week shy of his graduation…

Every time one of your friends leave, I am reminded of you and my only solace is that you are all together….I have never stopped missing you…I could never imagine we could laugh again or smile again or think of you without crying…I can finally see your photos and smile I can read your emails again that are still gravid with advise that continues to resonate…I am grateful for the legacy you left us my dear father, your name is still mentioned with a great deal of affection and fondness…..your friends have surrounded us with such a genuine love and affection, I cannot come close to describing

May you rest in peace amongst the angels my father

Hala Khogali Abubakr