{"id":10959,"date":"2021-05-28T00:05:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T03:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=10959"},"modified":"2021-05-28T00:29:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T03:29:40","slug":"happy-55th-wedding-anniversary-mom-and-dad-all-the-way-from-sackville-nb-to-beirut-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/05\/28\/happy-55th-wedding-anniversary-mom-and-dad-all-the-way-from-sackville-nb-to-beirut-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 55th wedding anniversary, mom and dad, all the way from Sackville, NB to\u2026 Beirut, Lebanon!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Final_55Anniv.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10961\" width=\"313\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Final_55Anniv.jpg 895w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Final_55Anniv-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Final_55Anniv-768x566.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 85vw, 313px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi\u2019s parents form a cute couple (no, Bambi is not biased ?). They are  still in love after 55 years of marriage\u2026 and seven years of earlier love!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi&#8217;s mom and dad are known for their integrity and big hearts. Together, they went through the ups and downs of life. They managed to raise their children during civil war. They experienced harsh family losses. Yet, they never felt sorry for themselves or made others feel guilty for their losses. They courageously moved on with their lives, always looking forward and being grateful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They brought their daughters to the safety of Canada. Eventually, they returned to their beloved birth country while remaining very attached to their Canada. If you do not believe Bambi, you can visit them and see the two flags on their balcony. Symbolically, both flags survived the heavy destruction of the surrealistic Beirut port blast&#8230; contrary to their balcony curtains, heavy wood blinds, glass doors, and more destruction inside their apartment and on the other side of its balconies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, Bambi&#8217;s mom and dad went through adversity with an inspiring dignity and&#8230; always with\/in love: from wars to illnesses, pandemics to surrealistic explosions, and now to a financial crash, resulting in hyperinflation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi thanks you, mom and dad, for teaching her the following precious lesson: Love, based on respect and trust, is the essence and\u2026 richness of life! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To conclude this post on a musical note meant to honour your inspiring love, here are a few songs that Bambi would like to offer you today for fun before going to sleep (morning at your end):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Of course, let&#8217;s start with \u201c<em>Mabrouk<\/em>\u201d ?, this Lebanese song for happy events, including weddings and anniversaries!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Mabrouk\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V3dKtFNJFnE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Mr. Jacques Brel&#8217;s beautiful love song (with English sub-titles):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Quand on n&#039;a que l&#039;amour - Jacques Brel - French and English subtitles.mp4\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EpMg97Wr_4M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Mr. Enrico Macias\u2019 charming love song. You both appreciate his incredible talent. Mom, you had the chance to attend his concert in Montreal and dad, if you wish, you can imagine that you are singing this song to mom today ?. As for Bambi, one of her pleasures in life is to listen to his music on <em>Middle East Airlines<\/em> flying her from Europe to Beirut!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Enrico Macias - Pour toutes ces raisons je t&#039;aime - 1983\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QFcsQItMAAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Mr. Daniel Lavoie&#8217;s moving song entitled <em>&#8220;ils s&#8217;aimen<\/em>t&#8230;&#8221; (<em>they are in love<\/em>&#8230;). Mom, like Bambi, you love this incredibly talented artist!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Daniel Lavoie Ils S&#039;aiment paroles de la chanson\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8tkCNRLXf-Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Ms. Ginette Reno with her eternal &#8220;<em>L\u2019Essentiel&#8230;<\/em>\u201d (with English sub-titles). Bambi\u2019s sisters also appreciate this great song by this great lady (diva!):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"L&#039;essentiel  Ginette Reno\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jA0dPYIfipM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Ms. C\u00e9line Dion&#8217;s deeply moving song entitled &#8220;<em>L&#8217;amour existe encore<\/em>&#8220;&#8230;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"C\u00e9line Dion - L&#039;amour existe encore (Clip officiel)\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mL6G2ZjCtHY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>7. For fun, here is Mr. Nicola Ciconne singing C\u00e9line\u2019s earlier song in Italian! Dad, you can understand it.. and perhaps try to sing too, if mom blocks her ears ?. Bambi thinks highly of this Canadian artist. She also feels blessed because she crossed paths with him in graduate school. What a kind and deep human being! Bambi will always remember how he used to kindly ask about her family in Lebanon each time he would drop by her office and see the picture of her family members on the wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Nicola Ciccone   L&#039;amore esiste ancora\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YwDCq47OuIk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>8. Last but not least, Bambi will conclude with a joyful Egyptian love song (sub-titled in English) that she happens to adore, as you and all her friends in Moncton know ?:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"3 Daqat with lyrics- Abu Ft. Yousra \u062b\u0644\u0627\u062b \u062f\u0642\u0627\u062a - \u0623\u0628\u0648 \u0648 \u064a\u0633\u0631\u0627\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Os6_1VdBgtw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy 55th wedding anniversary, Dearest mom and dad! ENJOY spending time with your daughters (OK minus Bambi&#8230; but she is participating from far away through this post ?!).  Bambi loves you all so much!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/heart-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10973\" width=\"221\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/heart-14.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/heart-14-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 85vw, 221px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bambi\u2019s parents form a cute couple (no, Bambi is not biased ?). They are still in love after 55 years of marriage\u2026 and seven years of earlier love! 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