Aunt Najma X 3
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
This happened at 6PM, on the 10th of March, 2008. Little Anas is now sleeping about half a meter aways from where I'm sitting. He's very tiny, has black hair unlike his brother and sister, and I'm not sure about his eye color.
Aya was excited, helping her mom and looking anxiously at her new brother. She's been holding her jealousy inside and has started crying as soon as mom announced that she was going to sleep near my sister and the baby to help. And so mom's now sleeping with Aya and I'm here sitting by the baby and my sister.
Ayman was more than happy to have his mom back, ignoring the presence of the new enemy entirely. He then started to look at him with disgust, and yells at him the moment he makes a sound "Hush, mom's in pain". He's adorable otherwise, and was so tired at last because of all the excitement that as soon as I hugged him he fell asleep.
Tomorrow we have a picnic in the university but none of the girls are going and my friend who went with me last year has failed the year and so she isn't coming. I am therefore taking the chance to stay at home and help with the baby.
Today the situation was tense, there was an assassination attempt to kill the university's vice president, and there were many security measurements inside the university.
We discovered today that a dear classmate, M, was shot few days ago. They told me it hit him in the leg and he's okay. I was shocked to hear the news, nobody has told us, as if we do not care. Last year, he used to be optimistic and his laugh had a special tone to it that I liked very much. He reminds me of one of my cousins, he just has to laugh at every joke we say, even a very lousy one. But this year he's become very calm and depressed that I didn't even notice his absence! I look back at last year's photos and remember how cheerful he was, how very different from how he is now. I can't help but worry about the reasons.
I'll pray for him today, I'm just hoping he'd be back and healthy soon, and gets back to what he used to be.
Aya was excited, helping her mom and looking anxiously at her new brother. She's been holding her jealousy inside and has started crying as soon as mom announced that she was going to sleep near my sister and the baby to help. And so mom's now sleeping with Aya and I'm here sitting by the baby and my sister.
Ayman was more than happy to have his mom back, ignoring the presence of the new enemy entirely. He then started to look at him with disgust, and yells at him the moment he makes a sound "Hush, mom's in pain". He's adorable otherwise, and was so tired at last because of all the excitement that as soon as I hugged him he fell asleep.
Tomorrow we have a picnic in the university but none of the girls are going and my friend who went with me last year has failed the year and so she isn't coming. I am therefore taking the chance to stay at home and help with the baby.
Today the situation was tense, there was an assassination attempt to kill the university's vice president, and there were many security measurements inside the university.
We discovered today that a dear classmate, M, was shot few days ago. They told me it hit him in the leg and he's okay. I was shocked to hear the news, nobody has told us, as if we do not care. Last year, he used to be optimistic and his laugh had a special tone to it that I liked very much. He reminds me of one of my cousins, he just has to laugh at every joke we say, even a very lousy one. But this year he's become very calm and depressed that I didn't even notice his absence! I look back at last year's photos and remember how cheerful he was, how very different from how he is now. I can't help but worry about the reasons.
I'll pray for him today, I'm just hoping he'd be back and healthy soon, and gets back to what he used to be.
posted by Najma at 10:28 PM, | 
8 Comments:
Congratulations Najma for your new nephew Anas. :) Its good that Aya is being helpful. I didn't know that Ayman was talking yet. Babies learn so quickly! Well, with so many loving family members, I don't think any of the little kids will be very jealous. You are lucky to have so many family members all together. Families in the U.S. tend to be very spread out geographically, and that is not such a good thing, I think, especially for young kids.
My best wishes for your classmate M. I hope he will be well and happy again soon. I hope even more that Mosul will be peaceful.
My best wishes for your classmate M. I hope he will be well and happy again soon. I hope even more that Mosul will be peaceful.
Please congratulate Anas's mother and father for me. I hope M recovers fully from his wound. Thanks fore keeping us in touch with what's going on.
well first, Congratulation on being Aunt X3...And glad that everything went well.
I'm so sory for your friend M. Inshallah he will recover soon and be able to catch the classes.
I'll pray for him.
As for the assassination attempt
I was just 100m far from the shooting site.
Take care
I'm so sory for your friend M. Inshallah he will recover soon and be able to catch the classes.
I'll pray for him.
As for the assassination attempt
I was just 100m far from the shooting site.
Take care
Congratulations to your sister on helping you live up once again to your nom de blog. Please accept all my best wishes to you, your nephew and nieces, your family, and your friends.
Your ability to stay focused on your studies is admirable. I hope your friend can find some comfort from knowing people like you.
Your ability to stay focused on your studies is admirable. I hope your friend can find some comfort from knowing people like you.
John,
My other friend is a very optimistic person and is doing much better than last year. I wish she would do better though, she's always finding things to distract her.
Thanks for the prayers.
David,
Ayman doesn't really talk, he only knows few words and only us can understand.
Family is very important in the Arab world in general. We do not see each other much here because the situation and the curfew have forced us to stay in the house and start locking the doors as it gets dark.
Don,
You're welcome.
BOOKISH,
I'm not sure he'll be able to catch up with the classes. It's too hard to do so in an engineering college. He's already got two subjects from last year that he's carried with him (his father went too sick and I think he's still paralyzed). It's way too much to handle.
And الحمد لله على سلامتك
Anon,
Thanks for the encouragement.
My other friend is a very optimistic person and is doing much better than last year. I wish she would do better though, she's always finding things to distract her.
Thanks for the prayers.
David,
Ayman doesn't really talk, he only knows few words and only us can understand.
Family is very important in the Arab world in general. We do not see each other much here because the situation and the curfew have forced us to stay in the house and start locking the doors as it gets dark.
Don,
You're welcome.
BOOKISH,
I'm not sure he'll be able to catch up with the classes. It's too hard to do so in an engineering college. He's already got two subjects from last year that he's carried with him (his father went too sick and I think he's still paralyzed). It's way too much to handle.
And الحمد لله على سلامتك
Anon,
Thanks for the encouragement.
I'm sorry for him and his family.
ان شاء الله اجر وعافية
ان شاء الله اجر وعافية
希望大家都會非常非常幸福~
「朵朵小語‧優美的眷戀在這個世界上，最重要的一件事，就是好好愛自己。好好愛自己，你的眼睛才能看見天空的美麗，耳朵才能聽見山水的清音。好好愛自己，你才能體會所有美好的東西，所有的文字與音符才能像清泉一樣注入你的心靈。好好愛自己，你才有愛人的能力，也才有讓別人愛上你的魅力。而愛自己的第一步，就是切斷讓自己覺得黏膩的過去，以無沾無滯的輕快心情，大步走向前去。愛自己的第二步，則是隨時保持孩子般的好奇，願意接受未知的指引；也隨時可以拋卻不再需要的行囊，一路雲淡風輕。親愛的，你是天地之間獨一無二的旅人，在陽光與月光的交替之中瀟灑獨行.............................................................................................................
有時，你覺得痛。胃痛的時候，接受它，承認這個疼痛是你的身體的一部份，與它和平共處。心痛的時候，接受它，承認這個經驗是你的生命的一部份，與它和平共處。抗拒痛的存在，只會讓它更要證明它的存在，於是你就更痛。所以，.無論你有多麼不喜歡痛的感覺，還是要接納這個痛的事實。與你的痛站在同一邊，不逃避，不閃躲，不再與你的痛爭執，如此，你的痛才會漸漸不再胡鬧，才會乖乖平息下去。.................
「朵朵小語‧優美的眷戀在這個世界上，最重要的一件事，就是好好愛自己。好好愛自己，你的眼睛才能看見天空的美麗，耳朵才能聽見山水的清音。好好愛自己，你才能體會所有美好的東西，所有的文字與音符才能像清泉一樣注入你的心靈。好好愛自己，你才有愛人的能力，也才有讓別人愛上你的魅力。而愛自己的第一步，就是切斷讓自己覺得黏膩的過去，以無沾無滯的輕快心情，大步走向前去。愛自己的第二步，則是隨時保持孩子般的好奇，願意接受未知的指引；也隨時可以拋卻不再需要的行囊，一路雲淡風輕。親愛的，你是天地之間獨一無二的旅人，在陽光與月光的交替之中瀟灑獨行.............................................................................................................
有時，你覺得痛。胃痛的時候，接受它，承認這個疼痛是你的身體的一部份，與它和平共處。心痛的時候，接受它，承認這個經驗是你的生命的一部份，與它和平共處。抗拒痛的存在，只會讓它更要證明它的存在，於是你就更痛。所以，.無論你有多麼不喜歡痛的感覺，還是要接納這個痛的事實。與你的痛站在同一邊，不逃避，不閃躲，不再與你的痛爭執，如此，你的痛才會漸漸不再胡鬧，才會乖乖平息下去。.................
I'll also pray for your friend M. and your other friend who failed her classes. I hope she will be brave enough to make another attempt. I failed my comprehensive exams the first time and I might not have tried again except for two friendly professors who encouraged me.