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P 62: “Children born today have a one in two (!) chance of developing cancer in their lifetime. And poor diet, together with smoking, is the MAIN driver in 50 percent of cancers.” 😳

“That I could consider nighttime prep as a kindness to morning me changed my entire relationship with care tasks.” p12

“Next time you are trying to talk yourself into doing a care task, what would it be like to replace the voice that says, “Ugh, I should really go clean my house right now because it’s a disaster,” with “It would be such a kindness to future me if I were to get up right now and do _.”

p 39: ...and Rafiq will sweep Hadia off to preschool and Huda to a daycare they are trying for her because she also wants to have somewhere to go with a backpack.

p 28: Why do things always sound sadder in Urdu? Prettier too. She likes that they speak to each other in Urdu, how even speaking it feels like access to their secret world, a world where they feel like different people, capable of feelings she could not experience let alone speak of in English.

This author comes very highly recommended by one of my friends. She didn't recommend this specific book of his, but this is the one I could find at the library.

...because failure was not a problem; it is not a problem to be considered, so forget failure; just keep busy and find her...

"If your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches."