Hamida flicked through the black and white photos and smiled wistfully. The days of frolicking outdoors, playing seven tiles and marbles; when your next door neighbours were like family, the world was friendlier and you didn’t have to pay for bottled water.
“Whatcha doing Dadi?” Sara and Ali came and clambered on either side of the sofa.
“Finishing my scrapbook, dears.”
“Why’s that part empty?” Sara asked.
“Well, I was hoping I’d find a picture of the Queen when she came here and we’d all gone to greet her, but I don’t think I kept any clippings from that day.”
“Remember I told you about the internet, Dadi?” Ali grinned cheekily.
He knew how his grandmother loved comparing her ‘good old days’ with the present and they were always teasing each other about it.
After a few clicks on the laptop, Ali found the pictures of the Queen’s visit to Pakistan in 1961. Sara printed them out and waved them triumphantly over her head.
“See Dadi, 2016 isn’t so bad now is it?” she said, handing them over to her grandmother.
Hamida laughed.
“No it isn’t. Especially if it means spending time with you two little rascals!”
Dadi is the term used for your paternal grandmother in Urdu.
These are some pictures of the Queen’s visit to Pakistan in 1961. My mother had gone to watch her drive through the streets.
Photos courtesy Google & Twitter
Dollops of Heedful Ramblings 
Aww this is a feel-good story and I love the photos you included at the end! It’s a nice reminder that we all do live in one world ❤
The news focuses so much on the negative, that it’s always nice (& necessary) to share such images which, as you so rightly said, remind us of the one world we live in! 🙂
I couldn’t agree more!
A lovely, heart-warming story!
Thank you so much for reading! Glad you liked it! ☺
Well that was a cool memory! Lovely expansion on the prompt! It’s amazing what a picture can make us think of, eh? 🙂
Thank you so much for reading! That’s so true what you said about picture prompts! Really amazing where we end up with our writings! ☺
Really nice story. A warm feeling of family and love. Excellent, and a good take on the prompt too 🙂
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment! I really appreciate it! ☺
A lovely story. It’s great that your mother got to see her.
Yes it is! Thank you! ☺
Cute 🙂
Thank you! 😊
Sweet and heartwarming 🙂
Thank you so much! Glad you liked it! 😊
My pleasure 🙂