Big loss for APBRF and all of us

It is with great sadness that we let you know that our Scientific Director, Dr. Maria de Sousa, passed away from complications related to COVID-19. She will be always be remembered by her ingenuity, enthusiasm, generosity, and sincerity! All these qualities made her a remarkable scientist and a wonderful person who touched and influenced everyone that was lucky enough to have interacted with her.

Love letter in a virus pandemic

Bagpipes played in Scotland

Tenors sing from verandas in Italy

The dead will not hear them

And the living want to mourn their dead in silence

Who do they want to cheer?

The children?

But the children are also dying

In my circumstance

I may die

Wondering if I will ever see you again

But before I die

I want you to know

How much I care for you

How much I worry about you

How much I remember shared and cherished

moments

Moments then

Eternities now

Poetry

Laughter

The sea

sunsets

The feather that the gull took to our table

Breakfast

Golden cuff links

The magnolia

The hospital

Socks pijamas and other thoughtful things

All moment then

Eternities now

As I may die and you must live

In your living the hope of my lasting

Maria de Sousa

April 2020