by Gigi Hafner | Oct 12, 2017 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Farzin and I were on our way to the gym and the music from the classical station had hypnotized me with its poignancy and power. I looked at Farzin and asked him if he was listening. We pulled into the parking space and as Farzin began to turn the car off, I...
by Gigi Hafner | Oct 1, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Farzin and I were married in Old Town Alexandria on the first of October, 1999. The air was crisp, the colors bright with browns, yellows, reds, orange and magenta. It was perfectly clear and beautiful as the Justice of the Peace took us outside to a garden and...
by Gigi Hafner | Sep 5, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Eshgheman Farzin was not a fan of birthdays, his own or any one else’s. I always reminded him of his neice’s and three nephews’ birthdays by picking out a card, getting a book and putting money in...
by Gigi Hafner | Sep 2, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
She was gracious, loving, spirited, socialable, and the glue to her family. Her skin was luminous, her hands like velvet, and her eyes sparkled with a life story that deserves to be told. She had married early and probably wrongly, but it was a lifelong...
by Gigi Hafner | Aug 17, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments
Recently I listened to Sincerely, X by TEDTALKS on podcast. It is a new type of program that comes with this caveat. “Some stories are too sensitive, painful or potentially damaging to share publicly — unless they can be shared anonymously. TED and...
by Gigi Hafner | Aug 1, 2017 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments
Thank you August for tomorrow. July has not been easy, in fact painful. My emotions have run roughshod over me and my ability to function. I have experienced oppressive and suffocating sadness as overwhelming as the unusual heat waves that smothered our...
