I was lying in bed with Aliya next to me, ready to drift off to sleep, when suddenly she asked me:

 

“What is your one dream?”

“Hmmm…” I paused for a moment. “I would love to feel love all the time,” I answered.

“But everything is love! The whole world is love! How can you not feel love?!” she exclaimed.

I smiled.

“I do, just sometimes I forget.”

She sat up and got really serious. She touched the tip of my nose with her finger and said:

“Mum, YOU ARE LOVE.”