Today my grandmother, Bahmak, turned 81 (or 18 depending on how you would like to see it - age is just a number afterall!) I have been fortunate to be present for some of her birthdays over the years despite living thousands of miles away. Yesterday, my mom treated her and a bunch of her close friends for lunch. We managed to transport 8 elderly aunties in one van safely to the venue. We ate delicious Chinese food and celebrated another year of Bahmak's life.
Talking to her that night, I wondered whether I would be so lucky? She has a great, supportive family who loves and takes care of her, she is active by going to Quran classes every weekday, she still teaches sometimes, her knees have aged but her health is good so much so she drives herself to and from classes, she has a close knit of friends whom she shares her stories over successive lunch dates and she is the glue that unites her sisters (they still celebrate each others birthdays!). Did I mention that she also exercises on the treadmill and is active on social media?
And despite losing my grandfather many years ago, she still lives on with a spark in her. There is no shortage of blessings that encapsulates her being through the past eight decades. And not to mention, she also looks two decades younger than she actually is! MashaAllah, Alhamdulillah, Subhanalllah.
May God bless her with the greatest of blessings, in this life and the next. Ameen.
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