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Happy Belated Birthday
I had a great day yesterday. My meeting with the photographer went great, got some food to eat, went shopping in Georgetown. HATED the Adidas store, LOVED the Puma store! And came home and watched digital cable to my heart's content.
I had nothing to complain about. That was September 30, 2006.
On September 30, 1977, Maya Buseman-Williams was born.
I am not one for remembering birthdays...but I got a myspace message from my homie/frat/friend reminding me. Of course, I became sad. This grief, this sadness that never quite leaves you completely is something that he and I will always share.
It's nice to be able to rely on people in moments like that, though. I'm proud to be his friend, and we're both proud for having known Maya.
She left this world on June 28, 2003, and I still can't quite wrap my mind around why she had to leave when she did and the way she did. But she did, and here we are, struggling to learn from the lessons of her life.
I get emails from time to time from people who knew her and whose lives she touched. I wonder if, ten or twenty years from now, her former students in New York will google her name just to see.
And if they happen upon this page, they will know just how much she is loved and missed.
Happy Birthday, girlie.
Posted by Rashid on October 1, 2006 8:33 AM
Comments
I think you are a unique and senstivie person Rah. Its a delicate situation, when we remember the times, that we celebrated with those whom are not here with us anymore. We think about them sometimes, when we least expect it, in our minds and thoughts, there is always something that reminds us of, who they were, or something they said along the way, or just the compassion,we felt for them,in just being friends, and having them in our lives. Thank-you Rah,for showing us how to celebrate and remember our friends that we loved.
Commented by milt7 on October 2, 2006 4:00 PM