Wahid to Ashra

S and I sat next to Abu Hussain today on a flight from Tunis to Istanbul (on our way to Athens). The older man was on the first leg of a long business trip — to Turkey, Germany, Spain, then back home to Doha, Qatar.

He was kind to take an interest in our year-long adventure … and was impressed when E counted to ten for him in Arabic.

Abu Hussain asked for E’s school notebook, then wrote this — roughly translated — in Arabic:

Remember this special time you’ve had with your family and all the memories you’ll have of being together.

Share these memories with your own children.

Eli Notebook