Marwa Belmadani, 16, Meknes. In Our life, there's always this human being who is so close to us, emotionally of course, with this person, we are always thrilled, and we spend the most enjoyable time ever. No matter how different this person can be from us in the matter of age or race or colour, we feel good talking to this person and sharing with him our deepest and most dreadful secrets because we know he's a keeper, and he will always be there for us no matter what are the consequences. For some, this person is a friend maybe from school or from social networks, for others he's a family member, a parent, a sibling, or a cousin. For me, this person is my grandmother. The person who I devoutly wish to be like when I grow old and the person who makes me happy and optimistic and patient in my life. A sea of words wouldn't be enough to talk about her. When I'm sitting next to her, drinking the delicious tea, she makes and listening to her, to the lovely stories she tells, to the memorable advice she gives, I look at her with great attention and just think how a person can be at a time delightful, kind, careful, modest, faithful, and wise! I know that besides God nobody's perfect, but if there's anyone that is close to perfection it would be her. Even her name Rahma is a proof of the big mercy her heart shows to people. In our society, most teenagers see their grandparents as old people who are close minded and a little backward, so they just visit them on holidays and not by choice but because their parents force them .But with my grandmother things are different, I sometimes think that she's closer to me than my own parents, and in somehow I think she's the only one who actually understands me and knows what I'm feeling without even having to tell her. I visit her almost every day, And whenever I'm there she makes my favorite meals and talks with me about everything with big attention, she's like my therapist, one way or another she always manages to find solutions to my problems and insure me and tell me that everything is going to be okay. For an illiterate person, she shares great wisdom and knowledge; I mean nothing she says is ever misplaced or inconvenient, people feel secure and relieved when she talks to them. She's always there to support me during some dark
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