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Mani Rouhani
1982 - 2017
Mani Rouhani
1982 - 2017
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BORN
1982
DIED
2017
Mani Rouhani Obituary
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DeeDee Riley
April 14, 2019
2 years have passed. It feels like yesterday and years ago all at the same time that you left all of us. I can still hear your contagious laugh. You are missed, Mani! I love you!
Nikoo Roohani
February 10, 2018
I miss you my dear
Jasmine Rose
June 25, 2017
Mani was a good man with a kind soul and he loved and cared for so many. He was a great friend to me and I will always appreciate having him in my life. Rest In Peace Mani, love you always. -Jas
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Foruz
May 9, 2017
My sweetest cousin, you were an extraordinary person. I will always remember your glowing smile, beautiful laughter, and kindness. There are many in the community who will deeply mourn your passing.
Mani joon, you were truly a gem and always a pleasure to be around. I have many fond memories of you (as a kid and as an adult)
Thinking of your mom, dad, and Kaveh and wishing them hope in the midst of sorrow, comfort in the midst of pain.
Honey, you will be greatly missed and you will be in our hearts and memories forever.
Foruz
May 9, 2017
My sweetest cousin, you were an extraordinary person. I will always remember your glowing smile, beautiful laughter, and kindness.
There are many in the community who will deeply mourn your passing.
Mani joon, you were truly a gem and always a pleasure to be around. I have many fond memories of you (as a kid and as an adult)
Thinking of Ziba, Amir, and Kaveh and wishing them hope in the midst of sorrow, comfort in the midst of pain.
Honey will be greatly missed and you will be in our hearts and memories forever.
You hated getting your picture taken! But, you did finally show me your beautiful smile
Beckie Redford
May 7, 2017
Thank you, Mani. Thank you for loving me; and even more, thanks for letting me love you.
Thank you for bringing chocolate covered coffee beans to our statistics class each morning because you knew that I would get sleepy and wish I had coffee at the same time everyday. Thank you for finding my favorite gum, Raspberry Orbit, at some random gas station in Laguna Niguel and then for buying every last pack they had for me because you knew I was so sad that they'd been discontinued. Thank you for teaching me that, actually, an ellipsis only has three dots.
Remember when you tried to convince me that your body could naturally withstand the coldest of weather? And I said, no way. So we stood outside that one night, me in four layers and a giant coat and you in your daily uniform of only a single white T-shirt, a pair of blue jeans and Converse shoes. Remember how we stood, neither one of us budging for so long, letting the wind sharply slap our resolute faces? Until, finally, finally you admitted I'd called your bluff, by screaming, Fine. You win. I'm freezing! And we ran back inside the Literature and Language building where the heater was pumping full blast. I have often wondered if it wasn't for me that you caved. It would be so like you to see, even under all my warm gear, the excessive chattering of my teeth and give in just so I would no longer be uncomfortable.
Remember when I started calling you Peaches because it bugged you so much? You'd say, Peaches is not an appropriate nickname for a man. And I'd say, Oh really? Well what is an appropriate nickname for a man? You'd think for a minute, then finally say, I don't know. But it's not Peaches. And then, because it drove you nuts, I'd say, Okay Peaches, let me know when you figure out what your manly nickname should be and I'll switch to it.
Remember the night that we got the giggles while we were drinking coffee waiting for your Anatomy class to begin? Remember how your classmates kept trying to ask you questions about the homework, but you couldn't answer them because you were laughing so hard? And then we caught eyes and laughed so much harder that we both choked and our coffee came out of our noses? Remember when we finally calmed down, we tried, but couldn't remember what had started us laughing in the first place? I treasure that memory.
Remember how we had intended only to be study partners, but instead, and unexpectedly, we became one another's confidants? That instead we became care-takers for each others secrets, fears, confessions, hopes and dreams? How weird it was, we used to say, that in some random community college math class we'd both accidentally bumped into someone we found we could trust. We saw each other's souls, I believe, and we loved them unconditionally. That connection between us was so instant, comfortable and unique that it was as if we were galaxy travelers who'd run into someone from our own home planet. Thank you Mani, for giving me my only real sense of a home.
Thank you for telling me and then showing me, in act and then by example that love isn't synonymous with pain. Thank you for pushing me to speak up and speak out, both in class and in life. Thank you for being undeterred by the intense and unpredictable manifestations of deeply damaged girl. And thank you so much for not letting me stand alone in such sensitive vulnerability, but instead standing in it with me, trading your fears for my fears and for being willing to show just as much of your true and undecorated self to me as I was showing to you.
Thank you for systematically dismantling every bit of ugliness I was raised to believe about myself. Who else but you Mani, could speak with such authority as to reverse in only three months a lifetime of negative conditioning? You know, you rewrote my history that day we were walking across campus and you stopped us abruptly to speak. And with your trade-marked way of speaking, that ferocious sincerity, you said, You shouldn't believe everything you hear. People have their own agendas and they might not have your best interest in mind. The people who made you think you're dumb were not good people. And they were wrong. You're not just a little bit smart, Beckie, you're really smart. Anyone who talked with you for just a few minutes would know that. The only one who doesn't know that yet, is you. Then your intense and serious face broke out into your legendary smile, and with that deep voiced laugh, you said, But you'll figure it out. Because you're smart.
You know, you were the first person in my whole life to tell me that making mistakes, no matter how bad, did not mean that I was bad; it only meant that I was human. Do you know, Mani, that your words that day, helped me open the door to a room inside myself that I didn't know existed. It was a room, all my own, bursting with love and absolution. And it was from this beautiful space that you helped me find that I drew out the courage to forgive myself for all those things I'd been holding onto with shame that were never mine to begin with. You told me that I was so much braver than I knew, and that I should go out and burn a light in this world.
Well, you know what, Mani? I did. I followed my dreams, I spoke up and spoke out. I was brave, relentless and uncompromising with what I could do and who I could be and I have no doubt that I've left fire burning in my wake. I did all of this because of the absolutely unparalleled amazingly confidant and giving man that you are, when you said something to me, I believed you.
The very last time that we ever spoke, so many years ago now, I told you that you would live forever in the center of my heart. I said this was my heart's inner-most circle and that you you'd be there forever. You said to me that afternoon on the phone that I didn't know how happy that made you. Well, Mani Rouhani, I wasn't lying. At the center of my heart there has been, still and always will remain an inner most circle which is shaped only like you.
I heard it said once that the greater gift in life was not having been loved by someone, but instead having the chance to fully love someone else. I believe that this is true because being able to love you, even when you were no longer a physical presence in my day-to-day existence, has been the greatest gift of my life.
Mani, my sweetest friend, and dearest love, how much life your life has given to mine! And how much of your life will always live in the very best parts of me.
I love you. Forever. And ever. And ever. And ever
Shameka Flowers
May 1, 2017
I know it may be cliche to praise someone after they have passed, but Mani was truly one of the nicest, sweetest, and caring souls you'd ever want to meet. Your passing left me breathless, and you will be truly missed. I can't thank you enough for all your help you had given me, or just stopping by to say "Good morning", or just passing through with a friendly wave. Heaven has truly gained an angel. Rest well my friend, until we meet again.
Janet Nicho k s
May 1, 2017
Mani-you lit up the room with your positivity, your smile, and huge heart. You will be so missed. Heaven has gained an Angel
Alex Errico
April 30, 2017
I was notified by my brother Nima that we lost Mani. Mani was part of our Aliso Niguel Wrestling Family. Time and distance was between us family is always family. I've shared with many other teammates the news of Mani's passing. He is at rest in Pacific View with our other teammates Lee Brennan and Jeremy Williams. I will visit as often as I can. My love to his family. I'll remember Mani as a loving and caring individual and a strong, ferocious competitor.
shifteh Amini
April 30, 2017
Mani joon, salam azizam, I love you , you are not gone, you are here with us , You will be miss here azizam , but your mom ziba joon, I would be take care of her and be with her , azizam , shifteh
Ruth Brenneise
April 30, 2017
He had a beautiful spirit. May he Rest In Peace.
Tracy Teimourian
April 30, 2017
Mani, Heaven gained another angel. You will always hold a special place in a lot of people's hearts, that you have touched along the way. See you on the other side one day!
Reina Gutierrez
April 30, 2017
Never will you be forgotten.
Reina Gutierrez
April 30, 2017
You will be missed Mani. Just want to say condolences to you and your family. You will always be remembered here the Lancaster Office.
Yadira Sanchez
April 30, 2017
Mani, I still can't believe you are gone. It was a pleasure getting to know you and always seeing you with that wonderful smile! You touched and helped so many lives. You were always able to find strengths with anyone you worked with. You will shine forever, we miss you
Kellie Pimienta
April 30, 2017
You will be missed.
Brandy Woder
April 30, 2017
Mani is a loving person and he touched everyones life that was blessed to have encountered...He was knowledgeable and just cared...he would give you the shirt off his back and he literally went out and bought a needy person clothing... i remember the day I brought my son in and Mani was the only person he allowed to hold him...Mani will truly be missed...
Carrie Noorzad
April 28, 2017
Mani Joon, wether you knew it or not....YOU are love. We love you deeply and forever. Our lives our forever blessed and changed in MANY positive ways because of YOU! There is a special and very sacred place in our heart that if filled by you only and no other. We will carry that with us everywhere we go. Thank you. We are so thankful for your smile, your fabulous distinct laugh that will forever ring in our ears and hearts. We are so grateful that we got to see your gorgeous brown eyes. You are a gorgeous and gentle soul....so rare and so incredible. We saw it and we knew it. We loved you for every single bit of it and we will forever! You are free Mani!!! Free to be whole and free to be you! As painful as this is for the rest of us ....you deserve nothing less than to be happy. Dance amongst the stars our gorgeous friend. dance free with pure joy and bliss and not a single regret! Be in your Nirvana my Mani Joon!!! Thank you for being who you were to us. Thank you for impacting our souls eternally and for making our lies better because you were such a huge part of it!!! Your memories will live forever in our hearts. Besides all this is temporary and I know we will all be together again soon enough!!! Thank you for all the memories gorgeous soul. Love you my dear homie. Love you more than words can say. RIP XOXOXOX You were always our angel on Earth....now you are our angel in heaven.
love, Carrie Noorzad
Love you forever mani joon
April 28, 2017
Jess
April 27, 2017
My big little bro! Your heart was bigger than the earth! You're safe now and I will miss you every day.... More than you will ever know! I'm going to look after mom. Rest in peace my beautiful boy xox
You are missed.
Golha
April 26, 2017
April 26, 2017
Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.
Words seem inadequate to express the sadness we feel.
Mani you are on our minds and in our hearts.
Love,
Golha & ...
Nima N.
April 26, 2017
Nima Noor
April 25, 2017
Hi Mani,
I miss you sooo much. You are such an amazing person. I thank you for being my best friend. I am very lucky! Because of you my life is what it is today, my wife and my kids. I see they used the high school portrait pic, I took that of you for my final in photography. I remember taking that at your Rancho Niguel house. I am sooo sad, I can not stop thinking about you. You mean soo much to me.
Mani you are everywhere for always.
I will see you on the other side.
Love
Nima
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