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Anna Majeed's family. Anna passed away on Friday February 3, 2023. She was a great friend. I am grateful for her life.

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Tribute To Anna Majeed

Hi all, this is again Anna's husband Peter sharing. I wanted to share a more detailed update about what's happened since our last post two days ago, where we are emotionally and spiritually, and where we are in terms of next steps. Feel free to share as appropriate.

First, thank you each for every word that has been shared. We've read through every kind word we could find (with more seemingly coming by the moment) and have been so blessed by the outpouring of love and support. Our entire family has experienced such a major loss, but we have been carried by the love of all our family and friends both near and far.

We had quite a few members from our church family and from my family visit us on Friday to offer child care and playmates for our children, support us with meals as well as other gifts, do chores in our house, pray, worship, and be physical shoulders for us to cry on. Thank you so much for your love, care, and sacrifice.

Our pastor and I have been spending time with Anna's father Donald, also recently bereaved of his wife, Anna's mother, of 42 years. He is grieving along with the rest of us, but God has given him some grace to bear with the loss and has taken the news as well as can be expected. He has become a second father to me, and we intend to continue to show our love and care for him as much as Anna would.

My father and mother have traveled from Arizona to Boston to live with us indefinitely, offering their practical help wherever possible.

The best way to describe where we are emotionally and spiritually is of course wounded. By the grace of God, He has healed every wound as we cry out each day for his comfort, help, and strength. Each day, however, we see a new reminder of Anna's past presence and love - a picture in our photo album, a grocery store trip, a treasured memory, etc. - and another wound opens. We've determined to put our trust in God, who continually heals and strengthens us as we cry out and turn to Him.

And that is probably the best comfort to us all. Every day, I see a new reminder of Anna's faith in her God, and am convinced she has been welcomed by her Savior, Jesus Christ, into a reality that can never be compared to what she had on Earth. If we love Anna, remember: she is happier where she is. No one who goes to Heaven ever wants to return to Earth. It's too pretty and wonderful there. "To die is gain....to be with Christ is far better." Our hope is to meet her there in that glorious place when our own time has come, and to hear her also say: "Well done! I'm so proud of the way you lived your life after I left, how you loved our family and friends."

In terms of next steps, we have tentatively targeted Saturday, February 11, as the date of the memorial service. No venue has been chosen as of yet, but we expect to have a standalone post with full details in the next day or so.

The biggest dilemma for our family is certainly how to manage the upbringing of our children. I've taken a leave from my work and will be using that time to learn how Anna educated our children as a homeschooler to find out how we can practically act on next steps. This is likely the largest TBD for our family, but as with everything else, we know God would not have welcomed his daughter into heaven without also having a plan for her children. He who began a good work in them through the love and care of Anna will be faithful to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.

I've read from many of the comments that many are interested in how to tangibly support us. We will certainly be reaching out to many of you with our questions as that time comes. Beyond that, some have suggested that a GoFundMe page would be useful. We have created one at https://gofund.me/34657f4f. If that's a way you'd like to show your love for Anna and our family, it would be much appreciated.

Lastly, we know that I have lost a wife and love, my children have lost a mother, and Donald Larking has lost a daughter. But as with most things about Anna, what we saw in her was just the tip of the iceberg. Her love and care for so many people may have gone unnoticed by many of us, but we're really only seeing now how many people she positively touched when no one else was looking. We've all lost something this week, but again take heart. She loved us all. We celebrate that love and remember that she is being richly rewarded for the many good things she did for us.

With our love,

Peter, Eliya, Hannah, Daniel, and Mikaela