Samaiya Mushtaq

And this is the person that I want every day to have with me.

And this is the person that I want every day to have with me.

It was. I mean, in the sense that so some months after we got married, COVID happened. It was just such a chaotic and uncertain time, but we had each other. And I remember we would still like go to the beach together. And we bought, Sunny, we bought some freshly caught tuna by the coast and made poke at home because things are shut down.

It was. I mean, in the sense that so some months after we got married, COVID happened. It was just such a chaotic and uncertain time, but we had each other. And I remember we would still like go to the beach together. And we bought, Sunny, we bought some freshly caught tuna by the coast and made poke at home because things are shut down.

That's like a common theme, apparently. Yeah, we really do. So, yeah, we made it at home because things were closed. And it was such an intimate start to the marriage because everything was shut down and we really had to just hold on to each other. Yeah.

That's like a common theme, apparently. Yeah, we really do. So, yeah, we made it at home because things were closed. And it was such an intimate start to the marriage because everything was shut down and we really had to just hold on to each other. Yeah.

It was so simple. I mean, we talk about what it was like, the emotional aspect. We would sit outside, have chai. We would watch movies together. It was, I don't know, I don't know another word to describe it other than just like this simple tranquility.

It was so simple. I mean, we talk about what it was like, the emotional aspect. We would sit outside, have chai. We would watch movies together. It was, I don't know, I don't know another word to describe it other than just like this simple tranquility.

Our daughter was born two years after we got married.

Our daughter was born two years after we got married.

Two years after that.

Two years after that.

He's just so present with the kids. It's his biggest source of joy. I can just see it in his face when he's with them. And they are so attached to him.

He's just so present with the kids. It's his biggest source of joy. I can just see it in his face when he's with them. And they are so attached to him.

Soon after our son was born, our older child, our daughter, got sick. And I just remember almost like this dance, this silent dance of like, We knew our roles intuitively and how we are as parents by then. And so Mahmoud just takes Maimouna out of the crib and gets her cleaned up in the bath. And he's just super comforting, like, it's okay, Baba. He calls her Baba. Hmm.

Soon after our son was born, our older child, our daughter, got sick. And I just remember almost like this dance, this silent dance of like, We knew our roles intuitively and how we are as parents by then. And so Mahmoud just takes Maimouna out of the crib and gets her cleaned up in the bath. And he's just super comforting, like, it's okay, Baba. He calls her Baba. Hmm.

It's like a visual, I guess, of who we are as parents. So I'm like thinking ahead about like the next time she vomits and getting the clean sheets on and cleaning her lovey. And he's like so focused on like her, on my daughter. Like I've got the bird's eye view of everything. And then he's got the connection. Yeah.

It's like a visual, I guess, of who we are as parents. So I'm like thinking ahead about like the next time she vomits and getting the clean sheets on and cleaning her lovey. And he's like so focused on like her, on my daughter. Like I've got the bird's eye view of everything. And then he's got the connection. Yeah.

He had briefly talked about it in terms of putting his name on the list of volunteers, but it didn't even seem like something that was tactically happening with all the uncertainty around missions getting in. This is like in March, so this is the very early missions, and we only knew two doctors who'd gone. It was kind of like...

He had briefly talked about it in terms of putting his name on the list of volunteers, but it didn't even seem like something that was tactically happening with all the uncertainty around missions getting in. This is like in March, so this is the very early missions, and we only knew two doctors who'd gone. It was kind of like...