Archive for February 2008
no time. no time, no time.
my blog! oh how i’ve missed you, i have been too busy to blog but u are always on my mind. busy with work, busy with life, and always the procrastinator! i have lots of work to do and for me my time is precious becuase the more im at work the more work i have to accomplish so i can see more of tuleen- but i had to take time to write some sort of post becuase i have neglected u for so long! i have lots to write maybe ill get to it this week end! i have to get to it, because days have turned to months with my procrastination… and precious memories that i wanted to jot down i can hardly remember.
. one quick thought for today though. sido passed away on saturday and i was sad, i teared up a bit but its sad to say we were sort of expecting it because he has been in the hospital for two weeks. now it is sad hes gone and ive been remembering him in the littlest things- he liked baked tomatoes with pita bread and olive oil, he always went to the masjid that grouped prayers when it snowed, him sitting down on the floor with his knee brought up close to him watching tv, the way we used to drive on the irbid road when spring first sprung to get fresh veggies and fruits…. and im sure ill always remember him with the little things- i always find the little things to be the best things… so the post wasnt about my sido per se but about the world we live in. i have gotten so much condolences thru email, phones, and text messaging. we’ve become so global in this life but i think certain things should be more personal, specifically death. i mean when ur far away theres nothing u can do about it but a phone call will always be better than an email, and an email will always be better than a text, a text is better than an IM…… have we become so immune to the spectacle of death that a simple message will suffice consoling someone? i know sido is old was old but still he was my grandfather… for me consoling someone is all about hugs and when im not there its a telephone call- period! no messaging someone to say sorry ur whoever is dead is dead, no IM, no email- well an ecard with a call is good.
the condolences i recieved arent any less than what they would have been in person but i just thought that the world is changing which means our customs and norms are changing and i thought that it was wierd to say the least.
