On grief and being ungovernable
May Allah SWT grant my father the highest place in jannah, ameen.
“You died. I cried. And kept on getting up. A little slower. And a lot more deadly.”
― Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography
It’s February 21, 2013.
I am leaving a speech meeting when I receive a call about my dad. In the aftermath of his second stroke, he had to undergo another brain surgery.
In the weeks leading up to my dad's first stroke, I skipped s…
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