autobiographical writing

Dear Amina Serra

Dearest Amina (dearer to me than most of the Aminas combined),

This is your Dhaz Teyze Syazwina. We have never met, but I love you very much. You won’t understand for a couple of decades, perhaps, but when you love someone the way I love your mother, you will inevitably love whoever little person they bring forth into the world. You’re all the way in summery Istanbul, hopefully sleeping and cooing through most of your first Ramazan, and I am here in warm and humid Malaysia, but I think of you plenty and hope you’re having a swell time.

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