November, 2008
Different maps and different statistics
I don’t want to get the impression that I am indifferent to the momentous events happening tonight in this great American democracy — I do care. That is the reason before going to wait in line for two hours and vote, I started my morning by reading this prayer by Abdu’l-Baha: O Thou kind Lord! [...]
Joyous feast
The Feast tonight was joyous for so many reasons but most of all because of two phone calls: First came the news, delivered to me by a cell phone call as I was biking across Key Bridge from Georgetown to Arlington, that Mariama had declared! She is Nancy’s Malian neighbor who attended a fireside less [...]
Finding peace in every moment
As I am contemplating how exactly to write about what’s in my heart, I am looking at the joyous smile on the face of my almost 5 year old daughter, beaming at me from a photo calendar on the wall. I ask myself, what will her life be? Will it be peaceful? And I mean [...]
