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God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be. So he put his arms around you  and whispered, "Come to Me". With tearful eyes we watched you  and saw you pass away. And although we love you dearly, we could not make you stay A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands at rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best. Is been two months since dad passed away.  I find myself thinking a bit about how losing him has affected my life in good and bad ways.   The good being my continuing in the field of academia, doing something I love each and every day and learning to live life to its fullest at all times. The bad being I find myself detaching from people I love because I think it may be easier if I lose them as well. I avoid looking at photographs or listening to songs that spark certain memories because I only get angry or sad.  I often feel cheated and lonely so I try to fill the void with things that may not be good for me in the end.

The cutest creature, Lady Beetle :) I let her have an enjoyable walk on my fingers before flying away  Hello Hello wonderful creatures.  I just want to start the blog by disclosing how much I adore each and everyone of you guys.  For this particular reason, I decided to enrich each one of you with a blog post encompassing peace.  Why this topic in particular?  Well, here is the mystery.  I came across this amazing quote by Francesco Petrarch, “Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us:  avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride.  If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace."  So I was hanging out with a very close friend of mine in Shaqlawa facing the spectacular view of Safeen.  We talked a lot about life and the changes we have gone through as we made the move to live in Kurdistan. We were both feeling at peace for the 4 hours that we faced the beautiful mountain...we discussed how we could keep this feeling of peace.  We  agreed that