Friends and memories ( a poem )

One is always parting with somebody or other in life,

but it's all good if you have memories to remember them by.

Sometimes the memories serve as triggers,leave us feeling hollow,
feel a hole in our hearts and emptiness follows.

In life we keep moving on,

occasionally reminded of someone by a certain song.
New people replace the old,
then the same stories unfold.

Memories are treasures indeed,great to own,

but at the end of the day everyone's alone.

        
      -Seema Tabassum(me)

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My Abbu,My Sweetheart

Today is my son Abdallah's (Abbu) eighth birthday already,time sure does fly.I wanted to write about him for this year's first post on this blog,because,well,he's my first priority now,he's always the first thing on my mind.
Abbu is sometimes the sweetest kid on earth,says the most beautiful things to me and sometimes he can be mean,we are raising him to be questioning of people,and he questions my behaviour and what I teach,what the teacher teaches without just following,we're also raising him to be open about what he feels,to be forthright and say things as they seem to him and boy is he forthright or what,he really does say everything and to the face,which can get embarassing sometimes when he's that way to a complete stranger,he also sometimes or maybe most of the times says the smartest things,I'm his mother so I think he says the smartest things,he's very quick witted as well.
Today I'm going to share with you three of some witty things he said.
1.I had asked Abbu to take a shower,which he was reluctant to,because it was a Sunday and Sunday is a no-shower day for Abbu unless we step out of the house,which we usually don't and even if we do go out,Abbu has to take a shower once we return home,but this particular Sunday we were going to our relatives' home for a small get-together,so I asked him to take a shower to look fresh,which he did after much persuasion,he came out,got dressed and all and I thought he didn't wash his hair nicely,so I told him that he was looking better before he took a shower to which he promptly replied "if I was looking better before,then why did you make me go through the trouble of taking a shower,I knew that I was looking great"  and I laughed,it did seem very funny at that time and I felt that maybe he was right.
2.I'm not fond of chocolate but Abbu is,he wants chocolate in everything,chocolate chip cookies,chocolate wafers,chocolate icecream,chocolate cake,even nutella with bread.One day I asked him to try jam with bread instead of nutella and he didn't budge to which I said "Abbu,only girls eat so much chocolate,I've never seen a boy like chocolate as much as you,you're  different,little weird you know" and Abbu not being the kind to stay quiet said "Mom,if you're saying that girls like chocolate,then you're different because you don't,so if that doesn't make you weird then you can't say I'm weird,right" and I thought he had a point.
3.Abbu does so many funny things and I call him names out of love,all kinds of names,one day I told Abbu that he's a nutcase to which he said "Mom,I'm not a nutcase,I'm a case of nuts,rich and healthy"(case as in canister or a box).I thought that was really good.
I know,maybe you think he's not very witty,just regular,but I do,I'm his mother after all.

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