Dilê min—“my heart.” That is how Grandma expresses her affection, by turning her own body into an anatomy of love. When she misses Narin, she says, “Come and sit next to me, the corner of my liver”; when she wants to raise her spirits, she says, “Cheer up, the pulse of my neck”; when she cooks her favorite food, she says, “Eat up, the light of my eye; if your tummy is full, then mine rejoices”; and when she wishes to advise her that there is a hidden blessing in every trial, she says, “Don’t forget, my soul, if God closes one door, He opens another. That is why you must never despair, the air
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