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The Night of Martyrs
Oct. 27th, 2010 10:18 pmA few years ago I wrote about my sister in law, Patty. I just went back and re-read the entry and realised that I still feel her loss greatly.
I don't think I have any other people in my family who I think of as martyrs. I have an almost-family person... Mustafa Mostajiri (I'm sounding that out - he was Persian), who I was engaged to for a couple of years and who ended up being gunned down in the streets when the Shah of Iran lost power. Mustafa's family could afford to send their son to college in America, so of course they were evil and bad and deserved to die.
Yeah. Not so much.
If it was him that I saw on the TV broadcast, he had his young son in his arms when they were killed.... "to the last child" has a meaning we don't really see here in the US. How frightening it must be to live in a country where such a view is considered normal.
I'm in a bad mood right now, grumpy and depressed. I shouldn't be writing. Please just follow the link and read about Patty - I know that her story, while the ending is sad, will inspire you.
I don't think I have any other people in my family who I think of as martyrs. I have an almost-family person... Mustafa Mostajiri (I'm sounding that out - he was Persian), who I was engaged to for a couple of years and who ended up being gunned down in the streets when the Shah of Iran lost power. Mustafa's family could afford to send their son to college in America, so of course they were evil and bad and deserved to die.
Yeah. Not so much.
If it was him that I saw on the TV broadcast, he had his young son in his arms when they were killed.... "to the last child" has a meaning we don't really see here in the US. How frightening it must be to live in a country where such a view is considered normal.
I'm in a bad mood right now, grumpy and depressed. I shouldn't be writing. Please just follow the link and read about Patty - I know that her story, while the ending is sad, will inspire you.
