When Assad Degesh (Oscar Saied) and his father first came in to New York's harbor and saw the Miss Liberty, this poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty is how they felt and why they came:
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
For us, as a family, I know these words still reign true today...
This blog is created for us to have a place to connect and reconnect with one another. Its a place for us to tell stories, to tell triumphs, to share sorrows and to share wisdom learned and experienced through out the ages of our lives and our family. It is a place to laugh at ourselves and to rekindle a hope that our forefathers held when leaving Lebenon.
This is a place for us to celebrate the exiles, those who have left their home land in hopes of and in search of a better life. It is a place to celebrate the hope of dreams to come, dreams to follow, dreams to be achieved and dreams that have been achieved. We are a place, a family, of hope, of honesty, of truth and of integrity. We might have never been known by all the world but we know that to those who know us we have sought to give the world.
These are the stories of our lives and our journey together. Spread the word...get the internet buzzing...create a viral campaign for the family Saied.
Becky, granddaughter of Jimmie Saied, great-granddaughter of Oscar Saied
