Setelah Dua Belas Purnama

Sempena sambutan birthday Zahraa yang pertama pada 9 Ogos 2009. Dia lahir pada 5 Ogos 2008. Setahun sudah berlalu terasa begitu pantas masa bergerak. Seakan masih baru lagi ketika kali pertama kami menatap wajah mulusnya.

Hari pertama Zahraa lahir ke dunia...

Birthday cake Zahraa yang sungguh comel...

Zahraa terpinga-pinga bila semua orang mengelilingi dia dan nyanyikan lagu untuk dia. Makcik Zahraa yang sorang tu tetiba rasa syahdu pulak tengok Zahraa masa tu. Yang pastinya makciknya tu bukan aku hehehehe

Zahraa masih hairan dan pelik kenapa semua orang menyanyi...

Makan kek. Dia sudah mula bercakap. Paling dia suka sebut "betul betul betul" dan "apa tu?". Ada sorang makcik dia tu happy sesangat bila Zahraa dah pandai sebut "halah halah" sebab itu tagline makciknya tu bila dia timang Zahraa. Emo betul makcik Zahraa tu! *bukan aku jugak hehehe

Nenek sebelah ibu Zahraa bersama cucu-cucunya...

Makanan penuh dalam mulut Zahraa...

Zahraa suapkan kek ke mulut makciknya yang suka emo tu hehehe

Bersama atok sebelah ibu Zahraa... Atoknya yang masakkan mee rebus untuk majlis hari tu. Memang sedap!

Post party - rajin pulak anak dara ni lap pinggan...

Love Note On First of Ramadhan

"I am so happy, I feel complete. You are the piece of the puzzle that was missing in me. I didn't know what would fill that void, but I know now that it was always you. We've become such good friends, I trust you, and I care about you so much and I know that you feel the same way. It is so wonderful to know that you love me as much as I love you babe. I feel so overwhelmed with emotion that I'm speechless. I really am speechless. I just want you to know that I love you so much. Thinking of how much you love me brings me such comfort when I'm not feeling so great. Everything seems so right these days; everything makes sense. Thank you, my sweet angel. I love you..."

Am speechless too !

Life is Short. Beautiful Lessons...

The girl in the picture is Katie Kirkpatrick, she is 21 . Next to her, her fiancé, Nick, 23. The picture was taken shortly before their wedding ceremony, held on January 11, 2005 in the US. Katie has terminal cancer and spend hours a day receiving medication. In the picture, Nick is waiting for her on one of the many sessions of chemo to end...

In spite of all the pain, organ failures, and morphine shots, Katie is going along with her wedding and took care of every detail. The dress had to be adjusted a few times due to her constant weight loss...

An unusual accessory at the party was the oxygen tube that Katie used throughout the ceremony and reception as well. The other couple in the picture are Nick's parents. Excited to see their son marrying his high school sweetheart...

Katie, in her wheelchair with the oxygen tube, listening to a song from her husband and friends...

At the reception, Katie had to take a few rests. The pain did not allow her to stand for long periods...

Katie died five days after her wedding day...

Watching a woman so ill and weak getting married and with a smile on her face makes us think..... Happiness is reachable, no matter how long it lasts. We should stop making our lives complicated.

Life is short

break the rules

forgive quickly

love truly

laugh constantly

and never stop smiling

no matter how strange life is

life is not always the party we expected to be

but as long as we are here

we should smile and be grateful...

Note: Many thanks to a friend who forwarded this to me...