An Inspiring Book in Azusa

Pearls of Life is the realization of a lifelong dream, to explain in poetry format how I was able to change the worst thing that happened in my life and my family's life: the delivery room accidental mishap, causing my second son, Hrag, to be born severely handicapped and brain dead, and his corresponding extremely difficult and seemingly meaningless thirteen years life, to a life-altering, boundless, and heavenly, nurturing experience. That is the best thing that I have ever done, or will ever do, for the rest of my life.
For all those individuals and families who are going through a deep dark valley in their life, my message is to hang on to your precious life, take one day at a time and do not succumb to emotional despair. Have hope, faith, and love and see how you will discover new uncharted meaning and thrill in years to come. For God is a good God. He only has good plans for each of us, and He is the Creator of Love. He is boundless and precious. It is up to us to see it, to feel it, to show it, and then share that love freely with others, with no expectations.
Ara H Assilian, has a MBA degree in International Business Management and Finance from San Francisco State University, is an eighteen years ex-banker, first with Wells Fargo Bank head office in San Francisco, running their International Credit Dept, and then as VP, General Manager with Citibank in Los Angeles. He was in charge of all corporate finance and banking relationships with Far Eastern multinationals and banking institutions. For the last thirty years, he ran a wholesale leisurewear and uniform design, production, and distribution company from Southern California. He has been married to the love of his life and the spiritual rock of his family, Esther, for forty-seven years. He has two living children, Shahe and Lara, and five grandchildren, Gabriel, Tyler, Zoey, Jolene, and George.