"When I Think Of Perfect Moments..."

All our yesterdays

are ours forever

...in memory

"the joys are well-savoured

the tribulations a real education

a relationship so perfectly tempered

that the forging has its own

strength and power

only we know" 

Our tomorrows are waiting

like mysterious presents,

wrapped up in time,

for us to open..

one by one

"In such premise

I'd only have faith 

in our destiny

made good truly together

Allah willing"

But today is here and now

It belongs to us

this perfect time

for love

"ever more happier 

we are married

perfect being made...

more perfect "

"no time better than now

to say

I love you truly

and will always be so"

"By Allah who answers our prayers

and loves us

and defines our needs

for he is All-Knowing

gives us each other" 

This promise of a perfect life

with you

_______

These beautiful verses by Dean Walley are interspersed with romantic scribblings (in italics) by my dearest husband on a flight over the Pacific Ocean on September 20th 1981

30 years later almost to the day, we sat together in celebration with our then-awaited "tomorrows", still unwrapping each one... to unveil his/her own unique mysteries

What better gifts can we ask for other than these - our children...

Happy Birthday to you "Red Alfa" - who is all of 59 years young today! 

May Allah grant us refuge from a knowledge which does not benefit, from a heart which does not tremble, from an ego which not sated, and from a supplication which is not accepted.  Ameen...