Photo to come for this page
fam portrait allison is taking it
on Fri. will adjust layout when I
get photo if needed.
Fred and Pat Nasseri with their children Shawn and Shahrzad at their home in Landfall 2018.
and have my children enjoy the freedom and the opportunities.”
They have an enduring love.
THEY HAVE EACH OTHER, THEIR CHILDREN AND
THEIR FAMILIES. THEY HAVE THEIR BUSINESS.
Life is good.
ALLISON POTTER
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Wilmington is home now, but at any moment either Fred or Pat
can be transported back to Iran, or Arkansas. It could be a ques-tion,
a comment, a photo that triggers a memory. The tears might
come. But that’s okay.
They can dwell on the past and lament what they had and lost.
Or they can use it to appreciate what they have. Fred is no longer
imprisoned. He was not executed. Pat is no longer that scared,
single mother trying to adjust to a strange, new culture.
“When I was 39 years old, I lost everything,” Fred says. “I was
very sad that I had to leave the country where I was born, that I
loved. But I am so grateful for God to help me to be in this coun-try
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