Ever since my dear friend and brother Shazad delivered to me the terrible news of little Nafeesah's condition, followed by the even worse news of her passing, the awareness of the terrible ordeal that this family has gone through has not left my (our) thoughts. I am a father and can imagine all too well how an ordeal of this sort rips away the hearts of the 2 parents who suffer such a loss. But I will say this, as I did to Shazad when he told be the news of Nafeesah's passing--she is ALIVE, more now than she ever was before. She sees the face of God continually, is blind and deaf to the suffering that accompanies this life, and we know that this separation is only TEMPORARY in that we have the promise from our creator that we will all be joined together again in paradise. Nevertheless, I wish there were something more than words I could do to lighten the burden and the suffering of Shazad and his family, and it is in times such as these when we are reminded what is truly important in this world--the love of those closest to us--vs the petty, inconsequential things that are but distractions. You are always in my (our) prayers and affections.