Sevara and Jordan

JORDAN AND SEVARA

You tackle life with great daring

Not at a cost to your caring

You are the first to venture forth

From a family of great worth

On this road you will tread

But not alone, instead

Another you have found on the way

One to accompany you, day by day

A pillar of support, she will be

Forming a newborn family

 

From the East you hail

Through adversity you prevail

With a spirit of joy

With a heart deep in love

You came as a blessing from Him above

You gave and cared, it is what you do

The Blessed Beauty made your dreams come true

You found your love in this new found land

By His grace, by His hand

 

One another you have found

Feet firmly on the ground

The bounties from on high abound

The voices of the angles resound

 

Through life’s ups and downs you will tread

Following one common thread

As you grow to know one another

Your love will grow one for the other

The support of sister and brother

Each to the other you deserve

Together mankind, you will serve

-Shiidon, October 2008

On October 11th I will be attending the wedding of Jordan and Sevara.  Bobby and Tiffani Sobhani have been friends since my teenage years in Houston.  I still remember their wedding and now it is the first wedding of one of their eight children.  For those of you who do not know, Bobby and Tiffani have four natural children and four adopted children.  Jordan is the second oldest.  Sevara was an exchange student from Uzbekistan two years ago.  The family and the Bahá'í community fell in love with her.  She returned to Uzbekistan and was back here not soon after.  She found a new Faith and a new country but not least of all, a new family.  This family and these two are dear to my heart and I am very happy for them.