Nothing Gold Can Stay…

It was Haariths memorial yesterday at his school here in Queens. Ill post about it tomorrow. Insha Allah. Its been a rough few days..I havent been 100% well. But I wanted to share two things from it today in case tomorrow becomes the day after tomorrow.

The first is the son one of his friends sang accapella…It was so fitting and everyone dissolved into tears…She couldnt finish.

You can listen to this as its accapella also.

The Poem that they read for him was this one from The Outsiders. He loved this book as I did when I read it at the age of 13.

Nothing Gold Can Stay- Robert Frost

Nature’s first green is gold

Her hardest hue to hold

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

My son’s last name was At-Thahabi. It means The Golden (I need to  get the exact translation). And its true…Nothing Gold can stay.

Love you Haarith

Ummi XOXOX