so swollen ...her eyes....were so red........
“Grandma!!!! What happened to you?
“Are you okay?”
Everyone around the room was telling me to calm down, but I couldn’t. Tears
bursted right out my eyes. This is bad .... This is bad......
Two weeks passed by. I was bonding with the family and having a lot of fun.
I know I was freaking out when I saw grandma feeling so ill, but Mom took
lots and lots of care of her, for she was now feeling better. Slowly my aunts
and uncles were leaving one by one, they really helped out to make grandma
feel better. I saw that grandma was right, all she needed was a little love and
care from her family to get better. We all were going to miss them a lot. The
only thing I wondered was when we were leaving. I mean this was just a few
days trip. I went to ask mom, yet she didn’t reply. There was
something....something that I wasn’t informed about. I sat down and actually
thought about it,
“We gave our house on rent, Hamza and I took a withdrawal from school,
Mom sold her boutique....This leads to only one thing”
I ran inside grandma’s room and asked Mom,
“We’re staying here right?”
She said,
“I wanted to tell you, but I thought this wasn’t the right time.”
“ Why? I love this place but what about school, our home...
“Your father and I thought you should learn about this place. It’s people, its
culture, its traditions. And most important, family.”