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Sabiana
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Registered: 08-2006
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Sabiana
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Libralind2
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Post Number: 469
Registered: 09-2004
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Since you posted his site I thought some folks may be interested to know he is ill:
LiLi
20 January 2007
Greetings Family,
How are you? It is a rainy Saturday morning in San
Antonio, Texas. I have received so many emails and
phone calls offering condolences for my mother and
wondering how my surgery turned out. Thank you for
that. Well, let me tell you that I am feeling pretty
low.
Today is my mother's funeral and I cannot be there. I
am simply not fit to travel. I could not make it to
the airport. I think that I can just now put on a
pair of socks and perhaps dress myself. It hurts to
cough. It hurts to move. I cannot stand up straight
when I walk. It just hurts. It hurts to turn to the
right or left. But still, today is my mother's
funeral and I cannot be there. My body just did not
recovery from the surgery like I thought that it
would.
I got cut on Monday morning. Later that day I thought
that I might be dying. Thank god and praise the
Ancestors for brother Nias Harris who has been
incredibly helpful to me. But I realize now that I
overestimated my toughness and self-reliance. Sister
Zawadi volunteered to come, my brother and sisters and
a number of friends offered to come and help out but I
really thought that I had it together.
The week before the operation I got a new bed (so that
I would not be sleeping on the floor) and a bought a
lot of healthy food. I got in touch with my ex-wife
who assured me (again) that she would be here for me.
But the operation was a lot more serious than I
thought it was going to be and I never actually
anticipated that my mother would pass as quickly as
she did. I took a calculated risk and I lost.
I thought that I would have the surgery as planned.
It was not easy to schedule and was long overdue. I
thought that I would not be in the hospital long,
would take a couple or three days to recover, and be
ready to fly from San Antonio to Los Angeles this
morning for the funeral this afternoon. But it did
not work that way. So now I have the rest of my life
to ponder on how one of the great travelers of our
time was not even able to attend his own mother's
funeral. It is not a good feeling.
So since you wanted to know how I was doing let me
tell you. I am not too proud to say that I am
drowning in guilt and self-pity and hurting pretty
bad. But that way may wait something approaching
madness and I cannot succumb to that. So since I
cannot travel right now I am doing one of the other
things that I do well--I am writing. It will be part
of my therapy. Next week I hope to tell you who my
mother was and just why she was so special to me. She
was a wonderful person and my biggest supporter and I
miss her very much. Rest well mom.
In love of Africa,
Runoko Rashidi
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