At passport control in Istanbul, the border officer glances at my passport and smiles.
“You came from Rize,” she says to my wife. “How on earth did you find this man?”
“Kismet,” replies my beloved, “when Allah decrees a thing, He only needs to say, ‘Be!’ and it is.”
Through the years I’ve come to see this ever truer still. Kismet indeed.
Last modified: 22 September 2024