ASSALAMUALAIKUM :)
Grandmothers are pretty awesome.
Having had the pleasure of spending time with family made me more than a little nostalgic. Yes, it's very cliché, but true regardless.
Suddenly, my thoughts flashed back to the last time my Grandmother spent with us. One day while she was holding court in the kitchen, her favorite room of the house, I asked her a question.
"Tokma, what does it take for a couple to be happy and stay together, like you and late Tokbah?" She looked over at me with her warm, almond-colored eyes, smiled and simply said, "Baby, be kind to each other."
Then she continued with her task of making the world's best dishes.
That advice my grandmother gave me all those years ago seems deceptively simple, yet is deeply profound.
Too many couples take each other for granted. Here's a question, have you ever witnessed couples communicating with each other in such a way you found it hard to believe they like each other, let alone are in love?
Unfortunately, I have, and it's disturbing to say the least. Yes, couples will have disagreements. But that's not the issue. The issue is people who talk to, and treat their partner more like an enemy than their mate.
How in the world can love and intimacy thrive in an atmosphere of harsh criticism, resentment, condescension and hostility?
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