I am a citizen of this planet, who believes there is a purpose and mission to our existence. I pursue that mission and try to enjoy every lesson, every day, and every last drop of the pain and joy we drink when we live. I live a mostly regret-free life, with each failure quickly becoming a valuable experience and something to laugh about, and every success something about which to be thankful and celebrative. I do all of this in and around my beloved Berkeley, California.
3/19/2008
Eid-e Shoma Mobarak!
I am getting ready to go to my sister's house for dinner and tahvil-e-sal, where my other sisters and their families are gathering, too. And so, this is my last post for 1386. What a year this has been! A year of new beginnings, unexpected gifts, surprises, and new lessons. I consider myself one of the most blessed people in this world, for I have learned some very valuable lessons this year, feeling all the richer for the experience. I have and hold all that matters in this world, the love of friends and family, a lifestyle that offers me joy and excitement and motion, good health, a heart that beats for the love of life and a mind that can get over sadnesses quickly and hold happinesses forever. I have two wonderful friends in my adult children, family I am proud to love, and friends who are behtar az barg-e derakht...
I want nothing new for the new year, except for peace on earth, and peace and joy in everyone's hearts all over the world. My biggest wish this year is to keep what I already have, to be able to maintain and deepen my relationships and if I should meet new people anywhere, to have the strength and time to get to know them and to welcome them into my life. I wish for all of you joy, happiness, love, propsperiy, success and health. I pray that all your wishes come true and that your hearts are filled with kindness and forgiveness all year round. Now I pray the following prayer for you and for all of Iran and Iranians everywhere (Ya Moghallebolgholoob):
“Oh, you transformer of hearts and emotions, you master of day and the night, you provider of health and better times. Turn our lives into the possible best!” *
* From Zohreh Khazai Ghahremani's article last year.
Nazy e Aziz,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the prayer in English! I read it to my husband and he liked it alot. Norooz Pirooz!
Happy New year, Nazy jan. Your spread looks exquisite.
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Happy New year, Nazy jan. Your spread looks exquisite.
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نازی عزیز
ReplyDeleteسالی پرازصلح وصفا وشادی برایت آرزومندم
نوروز مبارک
پرویز فرقانی (نق نقو)
Salam Nazy Jan,
ReplyDeleteNowruz Mobarak my dear.
Happy New Year!! I wish you a year filled with more blessings and happy surprises than your heart can imagine because you of all people deserve the best in life. I wish the best for your sons and yourself...health, happiness, love, and prosperity!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Assal
Nazy Joonam
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Happy Norooz! Your Haft-Sin Table is very colorful and inviting. I miss being with you guys.
Hope to see you soon,
Roja,
salam nazy jan
ReplyDeletesale no mobarak.
sale khoob va sarshar az shadi ra barayat arezoo mikonam doste mehrabun.
سلام سال نو مبارک!!.
ReplyDeleteو چه سفره قشنگی.من هم از این پته های کرمان را دارم ولی اصلا استفاده نمی کنم..خیلی خوش سلیقه و با فکری نازی جان.در کنار فامیل عزیزت همیشه سر خوش و شادو سلامت باشی
مرضیه
Nazy Jan,
ReplyDeleteHappy Nowrouz. I wish a year full of joy and happiness.
Hamishe shad bashi.
Happy new year...
ReplyDeleteI wish your wishlist comes true totally!
Norooz pirooz
shad ziid
Hi Nazi jan
ReplyDeleteHappy new hear to you and your beloved family. I should have told you first happy new year and it was my duty but you did it first and it is because of your generosity.
I hope you the best wishes for this new year.
نازی عزیزم سال نوی شما هم مبارک ... امیدوارم که در کنار خانواده سال خوش و سرسبزی داشته باشید
ReplyDeleteDear Lady from Berkely,
ReplyDeleteHappy Norooz.
We haven't been introduced officially. But I read your blog often and I like it, very much. It has a sense of "elder-sister-,-nice-kind-aunt" to it. So I allow myself to wish you a very happy new year; with health, peace, and prosperity; for you and your family.
Happy New Year & Happy Norooz Nazy jan.
ReplyDeleteI wish you all the best for the coming year.
-Pardis
Nazy Jan,
ReplyDeleteSo I came here to do the Did o Bazdid and wish a very happy and peaceful year for you and your sons and all your family.
Happy New Year Nazi joon
ReplyDeleteWishing you a wonderfull life filled with love, happiness and glory.
Happy new year to you and your family.
Maryam
Nazy joon,
ReplyDeleteeidetoon kheily kheily mobarak. You bring so much happiness to our lives with your writing. Hamishe khoob o khosh baasheen. With best wishes for the New Year
Shideh
Nazy e aziz va mehrabaan,
ReplyDeleteHope all your wishes and prays come true for this year and always.
Sale No Mobaarak.
Bahari va shadd baashi.
Aida
ممنونم عزیزم ازت . سال نوی تو هم شاد . با توجهت واقعا مارو «نواختی» .
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Dear Nazy,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
I can just say, I hope that exactly the next year, you would smile at what you did during your past year!
Hope to see you in the new year.
عید شما خیلی مبارک
ReplyDeleteبهره دیر گفتنشم اگر حساب کنی باید بگم یه کم بیشتر مبارک
Great photo and even more wonderful wish for the year. I too am in Berkeley, missed the new year by accident by one day, but still celebrating anyway! Happy new year to you.
ReplyDeleteHi Nazy,
ReplyDeleteSalam & thank you. Eide shomam mobarak! What a beautiful Hasft-sin!
Happy new year and best wishes!
Nazy joon. You are for sure one of the most blessed person I've ever known. Sorry that I am not having time to read your recent posts, and am so busy with work and unexpected issues in life. I hope this coming year is full of love and happiness for you and your loved ones. Thank you again for writing me several notes in the last few months of my disappearance from the blogosphere. :-))
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Beautiful haftseen Nazy Jan. May this odd(!) year brings you all the good things you wish for.
ReplyDeleteLots of Love,
Jeer
نازی جون
ReplyDeleteعید و بهارت مبارک امیدوارم سالت مملو از عشق و سلامتی و هماهنگی باشه
برای خودت و همه عزیزانت
My Dear Beautiful Friends:
ReplyDeleteThank you ALL for your kind and warm Nowrooz wishes. I wish you all the best of everything in the new year. I hope your dreams and wishes come true, and that you will have good health, happiness, and prosperity in 1387. Thank you all again.
Nava Jan:
ReplyDeleteIt won't do to leave you a comment along with the rest of my very dear and older readers. Welcome and thank you for coming to read me. I have been to your blogs and you are a most interesting young woman! I'll come by again and visit you soon. Eidat mobarak azizam.
OADP Jan:
ReplyDeleteI should also leave you a direct comment, as I come by and read your most interesting posts all the time! I am delighted you came to visit me and left a message. I come and read your fun and mysterious posts, and wonder who you are and what you do! If you feel so inclined, please share something about yourself sometime.
Eidat mobarak.
Dear M:
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind comment and your good wishes. Are you an Iranian? I ask that more out of curiosity than anything else! Whether or not you are, you can celebrate this season with us. Happy Nowrooz.
سلام نازی خانوم گل
ReplyDeleteسال نو مبارک . مرسی برای همه ی یادداشت های قشنگ تون در طول سال گذشته و مشتاق ادامه شو ن در سال نو هستیم.
همیشه شاد و شادکام باشید.
وای نازی جونم عجب هفت سین قشنگی ...
ReplyDeleteراستی همین الان ایمیل جهانشاه رو دیدم خیلی ممنونم بخاطر همه چی :)
خوش باشی
Sweet Shirin:
ReplyDeleteAnd thank YOU for coming and for your kind wishes! I hope the new year is full of joy for you. Please come back again soon.
Farshad Jan:
ReplyDeleteYou rock! Now my friends know it, too!