There’s this one song by Mat Kearny where he says “We’re all one phone call from our knees.” The second I heard that line i was like, wow. yes. me.

Anytime my phone rings after like 10pm I get anxious and am scared to answer.

This was especially true when my parents and uncle had gotten sick. I’ve since received a few of these phone calls… They ended up being either in the morning or afternoon, not past 10pm…  so basically anytime someone calls me, i freak out… who calls anymore? we are a people of texts and facebook messages and google hangouts. real phone calls = something bad has happened. so basically never call me because it gives me anxiety…

(just kidding. please call me, i miss my friends voices.)

Anyways, isn’t it amazing to think that famous singers like George Michael will actually live on forever thru their amazing music. they left their mark on this world. people can sing along with their smooth like butter voices till forever even though the person is gone. that’s magic. And famous people in general get to leave so much for future generations to watch and enjoy and learn from and get inspiration from. a part of them lives on. people are gonna be listening to “last christmas” every christmas until the end of time. we’ll be karaoke singing to Careless Whisper and Wake Me Up Before You Go Go until the end of eternity. George Michael is gone but his angel voice will be with us always. thank goodness for that cuz it was/is a great voice. Now obviously music and being famous aren’t the only ways to leave your mark in the world – but this thought just recently hit me in the gut because…

My mom wasn’t famous (well she kinda was local miami muslim community famous 🙂 ), but she had a great voice too and she loved singing urdu naats (it’s like the muslim equivalent to gospel music praising God and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)). she used to just sit in front of her super old desktop computer in Miami and record videos of herself singing these beautiful songs and sharing her videos on facebook. Back then i was like, “ammi calm down with those videos!” but now, they’re such a treasure for all of us that loved her, and loved her voice. Just this past month my 84 yr old angel/grandmother held a milad in honor of Prophet Muhammad’s birth month and the milad started and ended with us listening/singing along with my mother. there weren’t many dry eyes in the room, but it was a beautiful thing to do. and i hope we do it every year. Ammi would have loved it. How amazing that she’s STILL praising God and sending praise upon our Prophet even now.

Basically, i know there are other things one can do to leave their mark on this world, important things, beautiful things, things that save/help lives or give meaning and inspiration and what not… but i wish i had a nice voice…

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