Mayada and Zainab Originally uploaded by Mark Tuma. There's no easy way to share news like this, my step-mum Mayada died last night. After having a major heart operation on Saturday it seems the recovery was just too much for her in the end. I know...

Can I ask you to pray for my step-mum (#2), Mayada?  She has to have another heart operation this week, and this one is an unexpected nasty surprise.  This will be her third heart op: her first six or seven years ago was an emergency from which she was...