13 Jan 2013
Happy Birthday, memories... You would have been 21 today. Here are some of the umpteen reasons why I still remember you.
10. Because we played Chinese checkers from your deathbed and that does not happen with everyone.
9. Because you liked chocolate and mango and small samosa-sized manda and I like them too.
8. Because you were a good human being and a good Muslim (may Allah unite us in Jannah).
7. Because your little cousins recognize me only when they are told that I'm deedi's friend.
6. Because your mom's eyes well up every time we meet each other, out of remembering you.
5. Because you were in a lot of pain and never complained even once, and so you inspire me more than lessons on perseverance.
4. Because I'm in pain myself (though not even one-tenth of what you suffered) and thinking about you helps me stop (at least at times) from complaining.
3. Because you told me that for every little bit of pain that we bear patiently, we'll be forgiven some of our sins.
2. Because you were my best friend from kindergarten till the time you were alive.
1. Because I love you in the name of Allah.
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Dear Wafa...
Non-FictionMy letters to my best friend whom I lost to cancer when we were thirteen. #3 in Non-fiction as on 25 July 2016
