A Wedding Without Celebration
The wedding day should have been one of joy.
Family members gathered.
Guests filled the small ceremony.
Flowers decorated the entrance.
Yet something felt missing.
There was little laughter.
Few smiles.
No excitement about the future.
Instead, whispers spread quietly through the crowd.
Many believed the marriage had been arranged not out of love, but convenience.
For Malik, the father of the bride, the ceremony represented the end of a responsibility he had carried for years.
His daughter, Zainab, had lost her eyesight as a young child.
Although she was intelligent, thoughtful, and remarkably resilient, Malik struggled to see beyond her disability.
In his heart, he believed her blindness would always limit her future.
