04 April 2025 - Aunt Eky's Birthday - Hi Beijing. Bye Beijing.

It's your Aunt Ekraam's Birthday today 🎂 

We're not across in time to celebrate together, not were we able to get a good line when reaching out to her.

She is a remarkable lady.

As I wrote in the family group chat

 "April 04.

Eky Day.

The quiet, and yet not so quiet, linchpin. Humble is probably a more apt call. And of course, she'd deny it. Nice confirmation.

Hope it's been a beautiful day Crumpet. Even a fraction of the beauty that you carry would make it so.

The gifts to this world that sisters like You & Rabs are, is impossible to define; as it's incorrect to delimit..

Thank you for you.

Happy Birthday to you 🥳

❤️"


..this was a snap from a day earlier




Why the bad line on the 4th?

We got here, and weren't properly lined up!


Anyone for hopscotch?


Ok ok.. I'll help with the forms.


Mimmigration.


Breakfast in Beijing!


Yum!


We captured a moment mirroring one from years back, whilst the two of you slept.


Indeed!


Dining time..



She does look kind of similar!


Outdoors and in the evening air..



A picture says more than a thousand words.

Especially with birds.


Off we go!


But before we do!


💖💖💖


Omran Matar
Dad

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