Hi, Daddio.
Hi Nawaly.
I’m sorry I haven’t called yet, today was relentless.
Why, what’s up? How are the kids?
Fine, we’re all fine, I’ve just been going without stop since I opened my eyes at 5.
I know how that goes. Go through it.
Mmhmm. How’s Mama? How’s Uncle Hamid and Ameh Shamsi?
They’re both good. I’m waiting outside the hospital. They’re feeding him dinner now. They reevaluated; he’s coming home the 17th.
What! That’s amazing news.
He’s improving. So we’ll prepare the upstairs room for him where he’s closer to the shower.
Oh thank goodness. Thanks for that good news….I still need to write about something today for my blog. What should I write about?
……
Write about thoughts that come and go.
What do you mean?
Write about thoughts that come into your head, like visitors. Do you ever think about that? How our thoughts enter our heads and can control us negatively or positively if we let them?
You mean like Rumi’s poem, The Guest House?
Kind of. The more we hold on to the negative ones, the more they control us. The more they revisit us. The more they stick.
I know, you’ve told me since I was a kid. Our minds are our strongest muscles.
So you were listening?
Kind of. Love you Daddy, we need to hustle these kids out for frozen yogurt.
Love you too.
Thanks for including the Facetime image. Along with your well-crafted writing, it helped me picture your conversation with your dad so vividly. You look a lot like your father. He sounds like an incredibly wise man. Your reference to The Guest House was perfectly placed. His rhetorical question, "So you were listening?" seems like something most parents might say at some point in this journey called life.
So much in this post … first, I had to go reread The Guest House (thank you for that) second, I lingered on your photo and the salutation third, I had to stop to take in the advice. I miss these conversations with my parents so dearly, thank you for sharing yours with us. I will be returning to this piece of advice: Write about thoughts that come into your head, like visitors. Do you ever think about that? How our thoughts enter our heads and can control us negatively or positively if we let them?