Ghebeary Family 2004
للـــى .... Lilly
هـى ابنة نجيـــب و وسيمـــه
She is doughter of Naguib And Wassima
من الجيل الثامن فى شجرة العائله من جهة الوالد نجيب
والجيل السابع من جهة الوالده وسيمه, , من
مواليد 1922 , تزوجت جميل يسـى الذي توفى عام 1955 وقامت هى بدور الأب و الأم
لأولادها , وهاجرت الأسره بالتدرج الى كندا وهى الأن مقيمه هناك
: أبناؤها هم
وسيمـــه/ سنبـــل/ كريــمه
She is from the Eighth generation in the family tree from her father's
bransh and seventh from her mother's bransh. Born in 1922, married to Gameel
Yassa who died in 1955, she raised her children alone. The whole family
emigrated to
Speech
For Lily during her 90th celebration
Thank you everyone for coming to Lily's
party. Special thanks to Nabila who is visiting from
We
thank God for the blessing of having Lily in our lives.
To
give you an introduction, Lily was born a few years ago to a pious and published author-mom,
and an astute father, a land owner and cotton trader. Her parents were 13/17 when they
married, and she was fourth in a line of 10 children born to the same
father. Today we have one
brother at the table-Gamil.
Her mom, Wassima, passed away when she was 2. She spent her youth in AbuQurqas,
El-Minya province, helping
raise her younger siblings. She
briefly worked as a teacher at her Dad's school, called the Wassima
school. She was a fashion
statement and still is. Mom married at 22, and had lived with her husband only
11 years when he died suddenly leaving 3 children ages 9,8 and 1.
It
would seem harsh for someone to live most of their life without a mother or a
husband with the responsibility of raising three children. But mom never
complained. She is a pillar
of strength. Mom had many
rough patches in her life, but was always as solid as a mountain. Often I would
think: If she is OK with whatever crap is happening , maybe I can be OK with it
too.
When
you talk to Lily, you cant help but notice her wittiness and great sense of
humour-making others pale in comparison; her oozing love for her family; and her many many talents. Mom commands respect wherever she
goes. She is very popular
and has friends of various ages. My
mom is one of those who simply "gets it"!
She
raised her children alone, and they turned out: mmm somewhat OK. She also
helped raise her grand children, alone
at times. She would get up
at night with the crying infant, she would look after whoever was sick and
couldn’t go to school. Mom prepared meals for the whole clan, sewed, knitted,
crocheed, embroidered, made wedding dresses, and through all this, managed to
keep abreast of world happenings and politics. She is the only senior I know who
watches CNN, monitors the stock market, and
is a baseball fan.
Once
more, thank God for having Lily in our lives. And, thanks for coming- Enjoy your
dinner.
