A short introduction. I’m Steve Holmes, and I am a Software Developer working for Macer Media and The Sacramento Press who was kind enough to indulge my request to write a memorial of my wife Azlina so that I and others who knew her might take a step in the grieving process. On Thursday December 30th in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, my wife Azlina and our unborn son, Asyref (“Ash”), died suddenly from complications with her pregnancy. Azlina and I met in 1996 while we were still in college. I at UCDavis and she at Sacramento State. We met at a typical college party where she was classy enough to snub my clumsy flirting attempts. Lucky for me persistence paid off and days later she agreed to a