Feliz cumpleaños

Zilla, happy birthday, La.

This is the second birthday that you have had to miss.

It would have been great if you were around to celebrate your birthday and I would be cracking my brain as to what cake I should bake you and how I should decorate it and what I should get you with the little money I have.

But it's all right...

I think I'm more at peace with it now. With the fact that you are not here anymore. I'm not saying that I am totally at peace and at ease with it but I'm getting more used to it.

So, since it's your birthday and you're not here to make a wish, I will make one on your behalf.

May Allah bless your soul for eternity and keep you close by His side, and may your kids live a wonderful life filled with love, knowledge, happiness and Allah's blessings.

Amin.

Beautiful dreams

I wonder, all those times when you were wrapped in pain, when you did manage to catch a wink or two, did you get beautiful dreams that gave you a minute of comfort? Or was pain such a menace that it hounded you even when you were asleep, keen to hurt you even in your dreams?

I remembered watching you sleep when I was by your side. I remembered praying in my heart that He will grant you a better rest each time you close your eyes and keep the ghosts of pain and illness away.

I hope you were buoyed by dreams so light and beautiful. Now, I hope you are blanketed with the warmth of God's tender love and our prayers, right in the heart of His soil. Beautiful dreams, sis, and rest well.