I wrote this for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide a year ago today: Today, we honor the past by recognizing that we have a voice. With this voice, we choose to speak words of love, words of power and words of truth. We chose to speak into being a planet that is peaceful. A planet in which there is plenty. Everyone is included in … [Read more...]
Honoring My Grandmother’s 105th Birthday
Here is a brief overview of the life of Sarah (Siran) Mezadourian Messirian: Born around December 9, 1909 (her birthdate varies on different documents) in Sivas, Turkey. She survived the Armenian Genocide in 1915, in which her three older brothers were arrested one day and shot the next. After being separated from and then reunited with her family, … [Read more...]