Message from the Masoudi/Johnson Family
Dear St. Anne's Community:
We want to thank all of you for your kind messages and expressions of support. Marie, Elizabeth, and I are struggling tremendously with our terrible loss. Many of our family and friends are with us now, working to help us get through the minutes and hours, each of which is a challenge. Everyone should know that we appreciate their messages and are sorry not to respond to them personally at this time. We are simply overwhelmed.
Marie, Elizabeth, and I would ask that those who wish can honor our children by sending a donation to the Sam and Grace Masoudi Memorial Fund at St. Anne's Episcopal School. Although we appreciate any support, we would prefer this over any other gesture.
We are arranging for a service. We are planning for it to be at St. Anne's, but don't know the date. We will let you know.
Finally, we know that it will be awkward when we see each other again. It is our hope that our friends will be able to overcome this awkwardness rather than avoid it. Asking us how we are, and speaking of Sam and Grace will not increase our suffering. We ask that you continue to speak of them, to ask us about them so we can tell their stories--which is our story. This is something that will always be on our minds. Please reach out to us, and live with us when we cry. We are so grateful to have friends to support us because so much was taken away from us.
Your dear friends,
Fred Masoudi, Marie Johnson, and Elizabeth Masoudi
forever with Sammy and Grace