EID 2007 Karak Jordan
The Faraway Family
What I have left in the past
now no longer exists,
as Time only goes forward.
What is in my past can not stay the same;
it no longer is what I remember
although, I remember it in this way.
The place has changed
the kids are now grown
my little nephews playing video games
are now doctors and married
living out of the country,
rarely returning.
My memory can try to fix them in place
timidly knocking on my door asking,
“Auntie do you have something delicious?”
I would welcome them in and display
my well stocked treat-shelves
where each could chose one.
Now they are performing appendectomies,
traveling or working abroad
putting too many hours into other things
maybe barely seeing their own families
That room where Auntie received them
has been repurposed for something else
and she goes away for too many years,
so that some of them barely remember her.
When she comes back into their lives
they all are happy to see her,
but they are no longer who they were
and she no longer looks like
what they remember.
They have had so many years without
a true shared history that the scenes from the past
feel more like a movie they all saw way back when.
It was a movie that left a good feeling
but it now feels more like make-believe,
an idyllic moment captured briefly
but still……
there are many hugs and kisses and joyous greetings;
everyone is so happy to see each other
once again.
Because, in the end.
the faraway family is outside of time and space;
it lives wholly, locked in our hearts
in an ever-changing state of mind.
Karima Hoisan
March 26, 2024
Costa Rica
Digital Rabbit Hole 
so well said, & so true! these connections mean the world to the heart❤️💞❤️
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Yes, the times I find myself pining for, all of them, well they no longer exist. Like mayflies they are short moments lived and they are something else. Thank you soulkin, I knew you would understand:) Love is what remains…and love lives in the heart:)
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🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
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This is so profoundly, utterly, powerfully touching and relatable, Karima ❤
Ramadan Kareem,
David
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Ramadan Mubarak ya David.
Thank you for reading and your very thoughtful comment you made.
This is one of those personal but universal themes. I appreciate your words.
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I relate very, very strongly to this one, my friend.
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Thank you 🙏 We immigrants leave lives behind us
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*sigh*
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So heartfelt and beautifully expressed Karima 🌹❤️
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Thank you so much Maggie…yes this comes from my heart :) 🤗
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My pleasure Karima🙏
Hugs 🫂
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Very nice
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Well said.
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Thank you for reading and commenting Vijay:)
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So true and deep and melancholy! Every good thing, however dear, eventually recedes into time and memory. (But there are always new good things!)
And what an adorable picture. 🙂
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Oh yes, the time when they were all small children was such an amazing time.. I love that picture too, was from a movie where we did games with them..and it was one of my best memories of the family. Thank you Dale for feeling this one…yes it is the way of Life…
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Many thanks Donna for your warm words..you will stay in our minds and our hearts as a beautiful flower spreading the freshy smills, owesome scen and saturated our feelings with love and peace….Ramadn Kareem for you our Queen.
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Oh my brother Ramdan Kareem!! Your comment has made me so happy. Yes you all live in my heart and I still remember so many wonderful times with you all, my beloved family in Jordan.I am very nostalgic this Ramadan as I am alone in Costa Rica, but inshallah next year I can come one more time and see and be with you all. I love you! Ramadan Kareem habeeby Khatan!!
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inshalah next Ramadan you will be with us
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InshAllah my brother!! 🙏
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we miss you so much Auntie, you have a special place in my heart ❤️❤️❤️
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Habeebity Ayah❤️ Ramadan Kareem. Your words are like the sweetest gift:) You and your whole family live in my heart and my fondest memories. Shokran gazeelan habeebity🙏☪️
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love you and miss so much auntie 🥺❤️
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Awww Rama do you remember, “Halti Donna? Fi ishi zacky? Haha I can still see you standing there at my door:) Miss you and hope always the very best for you all, habeebity.I 😘and inshAllah hope to see you again next Ramadan in Jordan. 🙏🇯🇴☪️
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Life goes on and with it the family, but there is always that fraternal bond that does not end even if it seems not to. Nice to read you, dear Karima. 🤗
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So true Lincol!Thank you for stopping by and I enjoyed your comment very much. You are so right, the bonds remain strong even when we are not living face to face:)
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Nice post.I subscribed. Have a happy day🍀☘️⭐️💝
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you have awesomely expressed all our memories from long ago … each and every person and event is deeply etched into our hearts 🙂
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Thank you Kate this is something i have been feeling strongly lately and yes our hearts are very good keepers of our precious memories.
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our photos/videos are visual reminders while our hearts keep the bond strong 🙂
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A beautiful poem. Life is an interesting thing and it waits for no one. Things change and over time certain memories stay with us.
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Thank you Pooja yes even though everything changes, our memories hold fast to the unforgettable moments.
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My pleasure. Yes, thankfully those memories stay with us.
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Time goes by us so quickly. Today I am the oldest person alive in my large family. I look at old photos and I remember good days and good people. Now my five grandchildren keep me busy. I tried to teach to be kind, have fun and travel. I enjoyed your thoughts. I think about the people who taught me how to live and do the right things. Good evening from Michigan.
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Thank you my friend…I too am getting to be the oldest memory in my family, the unofficial historian, who tries to keep our family history in tact. Thank you John for reading this and so glad you could relate, Good night from Costa Rica:)
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Such a beautiful poem of memories locked in your heart forever more Karima and I’m sure with all of them as well. Such a gift you shared with your loved ones always close in heart💓💓
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Beautiful, Karima!
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