Stuffing

Remembering Dr. Mah

Mahmoud was my office mate years ago. He was killed in a car accident Dec 27, 1999.
He was a sweet soul and we got on well. He was so easy going and so easy to talk to. I still miss him.
He told me about his brother who was gay. And how his parents were so upset. About his sweet sister, whom he loved so much. About his crush on K., who then also turned out to be gay. About how he interested in spiritual things. About his fasts. About the mouse he caught in his house on sticky paper and drove him out Division st. and let him go in the forest. How he connected with the mouse. How when it was raining and he drove through a big puddle and splashed a girl, he stopped the car, got out and apologized to her. How he got along with his housemate. How he moved out and moved into a very cheap apt. on Colbourne. How gross that apt. was. How he got his masters and then found out his major equation was wrong and had to spend ages in corrections. How he was going to go to London, England and then Israel for new years to see in the year 2000. He had the tickets. He was going to go with a friend. He was so looking forward to it.
Then black ice on his way back from Montreal. A tractor trailer. And no time to say good bye.

posted by Aphra @ 10/17/2006 09:42:00 PM