Thank you to everyone who has sent flowers and kind messages, and for all the calls, we appreciate all of your love and support. For those of you who would prefer to make a donation for a good cause, please make a donation here in memory of Mariam Mirzadeh. Mariam was a big supporter of science and research for medicine and cures for cancer and other diseases. Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation raises money and builds awareness of childhood cancer causes, primarily research into new treatments and cures.

Mariam (Shokoo) was a remarkable woman and a mother figure to many more than her own children. She was beautiful, intelligent, selfless, pure, and full of heart. You are forever in our hearts and we carry you in our souls. This page is dedicated to her and all donations are made in her honor.

She was great And belonged to the present time And had affinity with all bright horizons. And fathomed the language of the earth and water.

Her voice Sounded like the sad tone of truth. Her eyelids Pointed To the heartbeats of elements. Her fingers Leafed through The generous air. And she directed kindness Towards our hearts.

She was the image of her solitude. And for the mirror she interpreted The most amorous moments of her own Time. Like rain, she was full of fresh repetitions. And like the trees She grew with the blessing of light.

She called out the wind's childhood. And tied the strings of words To the latch of water. And one night she enunciated The Green Message of Love So vividly That we touched the emotion of the earth And felt fresh like a bucket of murmuring water.

Again and again we saw her Basket in hand Going to pluck a cluster of glad tidings.

Alas, She failed to sit in full view of the pigeons And walked to the brink of Nil And stretched out beyond the patient Lights. And she did not mind at all How lonely we would feel To eat apples At the intervals of the distressing closing of doors.