28 May Reflect on our off site at Arlington Gardens what tugged at your heart how do you find your pause in being outdoors, in nature?

reflect on our off site at Arlington Gardens. 

· what tugged at your heart

· how do you find your pause in being outdoors, in nature?

· any lessons learned/practices to add to your own routing

Last Friday, instead of class, we went to a park in Arlington gardens. It was small but pretty beautiful plant full green park with eye catching paving. There were a lot of trees which people have hung their written wishes on tiny cards. Our instructor gave us such papers to write down our wishes on it and hang it with pieces of string same as other people. I found a peaceful corner under the tree shade to relax and enjoy of the smell of freshness which provided by lots of green plants all over the park and listening to sound of birds. It was a good escape from the stressful condition of nursing school. we have the large number of courses and we have a lot to study this semester. After Hanging my own wish, I take a look on the others wishes that found some of them interesting. Our instructor brought us avocados and grapefruits for a break.(add whatever you want)

· 2.write your own eulogy, in third person.  What would you want read at your funeral?  What really matters?  Think of a full life – dream big!  ie, married, kids, degrees, loved to travel….

(a wife of AMIR and mother of their dog Candy. She was a perfect nurse and helped many people during her life. Her dream was to open a nursing home and visit all countries in the world and become familiar with all different cultures.)(she visited many of them and had a collection of souvenirs in her house from each country)

I am a good cook, and everyone compliments my cooking. I love dancing and hanging out with friends. I do the mosaic painting. I play a musical instrument in the name of oud and play in some gatherings with my friend, and another friend sings when I am playing. Always have a smile on my face. I try to take care of all my family and friends.

You may wish to include some of the following: (I found in internet)

◦ When and where they were born: I was born in 1990 in IRAN city of Tehran and immigrated to the united states in 2016

◦ The names of their close family: Nooshin, Zorik

◦ Nicknames: my nickname Shabi

◦ How they met their spouse or partner: we met each other in Iran and had 6 years of a long relationship, then he moved here, and we got married in 2024

◦ Favourite poems, songs or quotes:

khonak an dam ke neshinim dar eyvan, man o to

be do naghsho be do soorat, be yeki jan, man o to

khosh o faregh ze khorafat-e-parishan, man o to

man o to, bi man o to, jam' shavim az sar-e-zogh

English;

the pleasant moment of sitting in front of the door, me and you.

with two figures, two faces, and one life, me and you.

joyful and careless, free from distracting myths, me and you.

me and you, without us (ego), gather because of virtu (love).

A favorite memory with her: (This sentence is in the third person) There was a warehouse that was bringing the clothes at a better price. Always Shabnam and I planned to go there together. Our clothes tastes were the same; we always joked and fought about who would buy that dress. We used to buy many clothes to keep up with the Joneses. Which costs a lot of money each time. And Every time we said we would not go there anymore, we still went

1-2 pages – through Canvas by Thursday evening,  AND bring a printed copy of your eulogy and tombstone to class on Friday as we will be reading these in class.

For your tombstone – you get three lines, not counting your name