The Turels

OK, last time we introduced Marta's family: her dear mother and dear father, dear brother, dear cousin and dear cat. Of course, these are not all the people that belong to her family. There is lots of others and we will try introducing them whenever we can.

However, now came the time to introduce Kemal's family. Although, Kemal's family became sadly smaller earlier this year, there are still many people to introduce.

Let's start with Kemal's dear mum, Suna. She lives in Istanbul and sometimes goes to visit her family in Hendek and Adapazari. Kemal and Marta hope that she is happy there, but still, they can't wait to go and see her again soon.



And here's Damla. She is 3.5 years old and increadibly intelligent and otherwise developed for her age. She lives with her mum, Ilknur, and her mum's Ilknur's family and is generally a very happy child. No one ever tells her 'no' - and no wonder - you simply can't (or she will scream and cry and shout).....all you can do is to love her and smile and just let her do what she wants....that way is better (for all concerned).



And here's Ilknur, Damla's mum. She also lives in Istanbul and works and looks after Damla. It's been a tough year for her, but the Lord is looking after her and we hope He will give her peace and love. We love her lots and can't wait to see her too.



And here's Kemal's dear father, Rustu, who left us in May this year. He is greatly missed and loved.



And here's Kemal's dear brother, Enver, who left us in March this year. Words cannot describe how much we all miss him. Though we know we will all meet one day again (hopefully that will be in Heaven!), it is still difficult without him........



There is a beautiful line from a peom by a Polish poet, which says:
"Hurry to love people, they don't stay here for long…" (ks. J. Twardowski).