I give thanks to my ancestors for ALL of my life’s experiences – the joy and sorrow, the abundance and deprivation, the steps forward and the steps back. I walk in your footsteps.
Mother
Maternal Grandmother
Mother’s family
Mother
Paternal Grandmother
Paternal Great Uncle
Paternal Grandmother, Uncle on left, Father
Paternal Grandfather and Grandmother on left
Me and Irae
Father
Paternal Uncle
“Once we reach a certain age, time gives us the features of all our ancestors, combined in a soft jumble of reincarnations. And maybe that’s what the next world is – an endless corridor where all your ancestors are lined up, one after another. They turn toward their living descendant and simply wait, without words, without movement, their patient eyes fixed on a date.” Musa, Kamel Daoud, The New Yorker, April 6, 2015.