I wish you all a happy new year. Unfortunately, it hasn't been a happy new year for me. On the 30th of December, I found out that one of my best friends had suddenly died of a heart attack. This was someone I had known for almost 20 years. This was someone I respected, admired, and adored much like I did my own father. This was someone who enriched my life through that poetry and singing and humour every time we met. This was someone I credit for any richness or refinement that exists within my character today. Today we laid them to rest. The hardest thing for me to deal with whenever I've ever lost a loved one is that my life just comes to a standstill. And yet the world around me goes on unperturbed. My rational mind tells me that life goes on. But my broken heart wishes for it to stop because there are some people in our lives that are so important that it is the least that they deserve. It hurts me greatly to think that inevitably the tides of time have the power to fade the footprints that such people leave within our hearts. And I don't want that to happen. I want my friends' memory to endure within me for the rest of my life. For this reason, as a tribute to this greatest of souls who imbued my life with so much harm and grace, I will offer 12, 30 minute virtual consultations every year to anyone who feels that they may benefit for as long as I continue to practice medicine. Please email your cardiology.orgk cardiology.cardio.org. at gmail.com if you feel that this offer may benefit you. My friend's name was Dr. Said Abu Musafr and I will miss him very much.