Sleepless in Cairo

“I miss you so much it hurts…”

Sleepless in Seattle

Hello everyone, how’s everything? How’s 2026 going so far? I told you last post that my mom passed away and I want to make a series blog posts tribute to her; so, here’s another one…

Wherever you’re in the world, hello and happy valentine’s day, even if you’re single, still you can enjoy this day and everyday, love, what’s it? What does it mean? Love is that feeling you have toward someone without a reason, you love them by nature, without thinking twice, without mattering about their flaws, without seeing their bad sides, you just love them, the way they are as they are…

That means love is celebrated in every mean and way, not just loving your significant other, also loving your Mom, you Dad, Your siblings, your family, your kids, and your friends, love is way bigger than putting a definition on it and much much bigger that celebrating one single form of it; that’s why I’m telling a story inspired by sleepless in Seattle and my life with Mom…

Mom, this one for you ❤️‍🩹

Since I started being aware of valentine’s day and what it means, I never considered it as a day celebrating only one form of love, love for significant others, so when I was 13 or something I started getting my mom gifts like flowers real and fake whatever I found, buy those sticks with hearts on it, buy things that I can afford then, even if it’s chocolate, I was saving money every festive, every season like christmas, Ramadan, mother’s day, valentine’s day, birthday, and more to buy her a gift and sometimes when I don’t have money I made cards in school and wrote in it for her…

She never made me feel that any of my gifts was cheap or not enough, she was happy and kept everything, she didn’t throw it away, every year I get older I was giving her something more, i always said to her we should celebrate our love, she laughed and said “our love??” I said yes, mom, our love, love of mother and daughter, the beginning of every love, the best of them all, so I started taking her out and celebrating us and she always advised me, love is beautiful but when you know your value, don’t low your standards, because you deserve who value you and love you as you’re.

Simply she was enough for me that I never felt that I need a lot of friends because she was not just mom, but also my best friend, even though that I was sometimes like a spoiled child complaining about everything but she was always there comforting me, listening to me and my unlimited talks and bluffing and complaints and never got tired from me…

She taught me that love means action, you can easily say a lot of beautiful words and make a lot of promises but without actions it won’t be real and it’ll be just bluffing; also if you think love is a game then you don’t know anything and still a child who loves to have fun because love is responsibility and it’s never easy and not always fun.

And like sleepless in Seattle, he missed his wife that it hurts, I know what he meant then because that’s how I feel and no one can replace her in my life; I love that movie so much and everything I watch, I go to her and tell her the story and then make her watch it with me, she watched sleepless in Seattle with me and liked it, I watched it couple of days ago again and I remembered her, I miss you so much mom it hurts a lot… Love you, Mom ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹🤍🤍

Thank you all for giving me time from your day to read this, thank you for supporting me and my blog, love you all and wish you and your loved ones the best and happiness… ❤️❤️