Many of you know that Hussein, pictured here with his family, served with me in Iraq and is now starting a new life here in Pittsburgh. Well, he has now been joined by a few more family members -- the newest of which is little Mouj, born on March 30, 2010! She is a beautiful little girl, and has quite a head of hair on her! Her name means "foam of the ocean wave" in Arabic, in keeping a common practice of very descriptive names. Nour is now a very busy mother, taking care of this new little girl and learning English along with their son Soleiman, who has been doing very well in school - and loves Spiderman (so he tells me). Hussein is doing well in his job with a local security company, and we've been very lucky to find jobs for his sister Wafaa and mother Anne, who just arrived in Pittsburgh a few months ago. She's looking forward to getting her driver's license soon. (She thinks Pittsburgh traffic will be much easier than in Baghdad...) We all had lunch the other day and caught up - it's been quite a busy time lately.
Mumtaz!
