Azhar Gewarges

With great confidence I can truly say we lost a resilient woman.

Azhar Gewarges shared the gift of resilience everywhere she went. She embodied courage and faith to see beyond the pain cancer had brought on. Not only did she fight for herself but for many others that also had cancer themselves.

She shed tears nobody saw for people she didn’t know. She prayed without an audience. She held the pain in her eyes of every cancer patient she came across in the waiting room along with hers.

So now I end with great confidence saying those who knew Azhar Gewarges can confirm she was a gift and had a gift that will live in the lives of many. The gift of resilience.

Below is a poem written by her beautiful granddaughter:

INNER MONOLOGUE

In a small town in Iraq

In a destroyed shack

All because of bombing

Had sleepless nights

That were not calming

She had to leave her home

She always felt alone

She had the biggest dreams

But life is not always what it seems

She wanted a happy family

But she had no sense of familiarity

There isn’t much clarity

Her dream to be a flight attendant descended

As the trauma grew

The pills were not as new

All these new sicknesses

They were not a picnic

In and out of hospitals

Her life looked miserable

As she grew old

Her happiness was sold

As she kept on praying

Her heart believed as it kept on saying…….

She was strong in her faith

That could not be erased

God Made her feel safe

As the days with her family came to an end

She thinks, this is not the life I wanted to spend

Her spouse was laid to rest

Her life was once again put to the test

She was next

In her empty home

She always felt so very alone