It would be a completely typical Australian love story if not for an extra twist—we don’t think it was an accident. Both their parents had moved to Australia from Syria and Egypt after WWII, and they had grown up together. My mom always had a crush on my dad, but he was seven years older and barely noticed her. That’s where the cactus came in—he was studying to be a physician, and when she “fell”, it was my dad who bandaged her up. She will deny it for the rest of her life, but seriously, who accidentally falls on a cactus?”.
Source: Humans of Jerusalem
