Girlfriends late Great Aunt from Lebanon:

“Life is actually good. It is very hard sometimes, but people can be beautiful. All of my things, they are just things. I keep them here just so I have them to give to you. And this is life, you try so hard for things but you must try harder to make sure you have people to give them to or there is no point. I will die and your children will not know me and I will be forgotten soon and soon you will be forgotten unless you make life beautiful for people. Even then, yes they will forget you but it will still be beautiful. Now I am tired and I hurt so much so let me go to sleep.”

I was silent for probably an hour as we drove home.