Rest in peace Grandma

Today My grandma past a way at the age of 100 years. She was the raw model of a granny in all it’s meanings. I still remember when she used to visit us in my parents house, I used to wake up very early so I can sit with her alone and listen to her old stories, I liked them very much. She used to knit almost all my blouses and jackets when I was young, her hands work was a piece of art.
We will miss you Granny, and we will never forget you. For us you did not die, we can see your fruitage everywhere we turn around. you were great in everything.
She lived in Mousl most of her life, and she died there. The last few years she was very weak and unable to walk, and she became almost unconscious the last two years. The bad situation in Mousl made even the funeral something impossible. my father was very sad today, he said I’m not only sad for the death of my mother, but also for not attending my mother’s funeral. the road is very unsafe, there was fighting between the Americans and the insurgents in Mousl and the road between Baghdad and Mousl. Today my sister who lives in Mousle called me and told me that my father and his brothers who lives in Baghdad should never think of coming at all.
What really makes me nervous, is that they could not even take her to rest in her last place by car, because there was a curfew and there were tanks standing in their street. so they carried the coffin and walked to the cemetery, of course very few people went to the cemetery that way, only her close relatives, most of them were her children and grand children (she has 8 sons and a daughter, only three of them could take her to the cemetery). there was news that there was fighting close to them and they were lucky to stay safe and return back home, the phone line is not working between Mousle and Baghdad, but they were able to call us only from mobile and with one direction, I mean they only can make the calls not us. we are waiting for their calls now to see if they were all O.K.