𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐'𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. "
Nadeem may not saw the journal, but you have fulfilled your plan by sharing his story with the world and letting us know how remarkable, strong, inspiring, and an overall great and respectful person he was.
"𝘈 𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦. "
In the introduction of this book, it feels like the author, Nadeem's mother, was personally telling me their story.
It's like having a conversation with a close one and reaching the point where they are sharing their experience for you to learn from it.
I can imagine how her eyes spark when she's sharing the good happy memories and feel her pain remembering the sad ones.
It struck me deep, and as it goes, I feel connected to them like I was transported into that timeline of the events and watching everything happens.
Like every milestone and every downfall flashes right into my eyes,
I cannot emphasize enough how this book felt so personal, Aside from the actual pictures provided between the parts of the book, it also showed a clear display of their emotions and vulnerabilities during those moments.
Reminiscing their toughest battles, every health improvement, and deterioration, and all the hopes that flicker, I cannot imagine the emotion and courage it takes to have written this book,
It was so sad how cancer can just change the course of someone's life overnight, How it can take the future you have envisioned to have, While reading this, I have these underlying thoughts of what could be running inside Nadeem's head during those moments.
And right after I finished this one, I spent my whole day thinking about it, about Nadeem and his family.
Their support system was incredible, They are giving each other hope when one is drained, the other will sustain,
"𝘐𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 , 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦. "
Nadeem was such a wonderful person, and while the earth lost him, heaven has gained another angel.
He was selfless and such an inspiration to others, The message of condolences made me a crying mess, It speaks volumes of how amazing Nadeem is and how he was able to touch and inspire everyone around him, even for a short while.
This was an amazing book and that made me feel like I was a part of their journey.
I super recommend this one, Emotional and heartbreaking
This book is a mothers eulogy to her son the journal that she wanted to write about her sons fight with this awful disease and which was supposed to have a happy ending when he was finally rid of the cancer.
I think that it was written when she more or less came to terms that her son passed away so tragically because the tone is that of a friend telling another friend what happened, without any anger or in a dramatic way.
Reading about the life of a person a young one, for that matter with no real health issues to be concerned about, makes you realise that it can happen to everyone.
It reminds us that theres no excuse for not telling your family how much you love them or how much you appreciate the time spend together, because all of a sudden there might be no more life to live.
At the end of the book, she explained some of the medical terms to help the reader understand better what happened.
I think it was very considerate of her in doing that,
I think Sherine is an extremely strong woman and mother, considering how hard her life was and what she has been through.
I do admire her and I wish she will become even stronger in the years to come,
A poignant but resilient true story
Nadeems Journey by Sherine Anniruth is a heart wrenching story of a loving mother who loses her son to cancer.
Sherine Anniruth shares with readers the life of her son, Nadeem from birth to his college graduation to his fight against cancer.
In between the story, there are lots of difficulties that made her life and her familys life a bit more complicated but they could cope with them and kept on going.
Anniruth is a brave and determined mother who did her best for the wellbeing of her son,
From the moment I started reading this story I felt the authors pain, Sherine Anniruth is honest and open withevery experience and her emotions, You are taken on an emotional ride with the good times to the bad times, There were times where I did smile because I felt the love that Nadeems family had for him and then there were times I cried because of the pain the family went through.
The author included photographs of Nadeem, his siblings and the family and by doing so you begin to connect with them.
They are a closeknit family and thanks to this they were able to cope with the loss of Nadeem by cherishing their memories of him.
The author is a strong woman for reliving those memories to write this book, This is a captivating, loving and resilient story worth reading it,
The title says it all, "Nadeem's Journey: A HeartWrenching Story of a Loving Mother Losing Her Son to Cancer" It is an amazing and sad story.
The way the author documented her son's journey from the beginning, before the battle with cancer, to the end.
As you read this sad and great book, you get that there's a message of hope, It also shows how pure a mother's love is, Highly recommend this one. Nadeems Journey lays out all of the emotion coming your way right on the cover: A Heart Wrenching Story of a Loving Mother Losing Her Son to Cancer by Sherine Anniruth.
So before you even open the book, you can tell that its going to be a difficult, emotionally moving read.
But as you read, you soon discover that amidst all the pain and suffering, theres a message of hope and love.
But dont let that last sentence trick you into thinking that the author has decided to pull any punches.
Instead, Anniruth
bravely chronicles not just her pain, but also her rage, The rage at the cancer that took her bright, dedicated son far too soon, The rage at the doctors that failed to take the time to investigate her sons pain earlier and thoroughly.
And the rage at the less than tactful treatment he received after his diagnosis, All of this paints a bleak outlook on the state of modern medicine not just in Australia, where Nadeem and his mother called home, but around the world.
Its this sort of honesty that makes Nadeems Journey such a difficult but worthwhile read,
Though its not all gut wrenching sorrow, The book traces the history of the authors journey as a mother, from raising her son with the help of her mother and sisters to her family of five moving from South Africa to Australia.
All in all the book is as much about life: with all of its ups and downs as it is about anything else.
And here is where the utility of Anniruth comes into play, For whatever the book might have been for the author: a way to memorialize her sons memory, a reflective part of the mourning process, a condemnation on the impersonal nature of medicine its also something for those who read it.
Nadeems Journey tells a story that none of us want to personally experience, But by reading it, we pay a little respect those who have experienced it personally, And maybe hold on to those we love a little bit tighter,
Perhaps the best place to end this review is where Anniruth begins her book the words of Thomas Carlyle: “Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
” Nadeems Journey shows us one such strong soul,
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