In December of 2008 my beloved friend Jinous succumbed to lung cancer. She was the healthiest person I ever knew. She ate healthy foods, she took healthy vitamins, she practiced yoga, she meditated, she wore magnets in her shoes, and she was religious in that mysterious and exotic way that Muslims are religious. In typical [...]
My beloved Gramma Betty, my mother’s mother, died many years ago after battling lung cancer. I feel her loss still. I see her face in those of my children. I wonder if she knows they are here. I’m in the Sacramento area visiting my aunt – my mother’s sister – who is dealing with her [...]
