he is truly the king of kings
i am honored to know daniel. my cousin danny is one of my favorite people in the whole wide world. a genuine human with such a good heart. i sometimes wonder how, long after the ages of innocence, in the midst of the craziness in this world, he has and still always manages to find the good in everything. there is a legend that has been told over the last 34 years of daniel’s life. it is said that on the night his mother went into labor all the lights went out in the city of asmara and that he was delivered in the dark. the moment that he took his first breath, all the lights magically turned on. they say he brought to his mother, father, all his family the light of hope that 19th day of december in the year of 1972. for this reason, the great ghebre/egzbier, our grandfather, whom noone disputed or refuted, insisted that they name him berhane (translates literally to “my light” in tigrinia). ….stay tuned. more to come soon.
a rekindled spirit | Blog Archive | may first http://elsaaraya.com/2007/05/01/may-first/
May 1st, 2007 at 9:48 pm[…] today was made extra special by the arrival of my cousin daniel, the king of kings from stockholm. i always refer to him as my favorite cousin but i should call him my brother. we have not seen each other in several years, but now living on the same time zone has made it easy to talk almost daily. it is wonderful to see him. here he is with the moon this afternoon. […]
rekindled spirit | Blog Archive | paulos http://elsaaraya.com/2007/08/29/paulos/
August 29th, 2007 at 8:46 pm[…] it’s just how it is when you come from a former refugee immigrant family. me, paulos, and daniel (in that order) were born one month apart each and are the first grandchildren on my mother’s […]