Life Through My Eyes
Seven! How is my baby seven?! Arham beta, watching you grow, observe, and learn makes my day.. every day! Not a day goes go by where I am not left in awe of something you have said, done, or discovered. Your gentle heart and kind soul makes Mama so happy. Your can do attitude and …
My dearest Arham beta, I can’t believe you are six today masha’Allah! You hear this from me quite often, but it is absolutely unreal how fast you are growing up and I wish there was a way to bottle this time up. You light up my life in indescribable ways and I’m forever grateful to …
With what seems like a blink of an eye, you are five masha’Allah! Happy fifth Birthday Arham beta! Why, oh why, does time go by so fast? It seems like just yesterday you were learning to crawl and talk, and subhan’Allah look at you now. Five years ago, you came into the world and instantaneously …
My [not so little] baby is four! It seems like just yesterday when … where, oh where, has the time gone? Arham beta, you are growing up to be such an amazing boy mashAllah and I pray you always thrive in whatever you set your mind to. You are inquisitive, curious and observant… and I love that about …
Happy THIRD Birthday to my precious Arham. It’s certainly been a fun month-long celebration of your birthday. From the moment I found out about you, I have identified myself first and foremost as your Mama Arham beta. You are my pride and joy. My happiness. My everything. SubhanAllah, I can’t believe how fast you are …
God puts people in your life for a reason. A couple of months back, a co-worker said this to me regarding the woman whose job I took over. We had just found out she wasn’t returning to work after her maternity leave. It has stuck with me since. Allah SWT provides for you in different …
Happy SECOND birthday to, my pride and joy, my dearest Arham beta, SubhanAllah I can’t put into words what these past two years have been for me. You are my world. That’s the only way to even attempt to put into words the impossible way to describe you. You bring me happiness that I can’t …
Too often we forget how limited our time in this world is and what truly matters. We chase materialistic things, not realizing it's going to be meaningless after our short stay here. We chase people who are nothing. We devalue those who are everything. We make trivial matters into big things yet diminish the value of …
This morning, a co-worker gave me such beautiful flowers for Mother’s Day [that is this weekend]. I love flowers! The best part about these particular flowers? They are to be planted… and I can’t wait to see them bloom. Happy (early) Mother’s Day to all the Mama’s! I hope we Mama’s use this day to reflect …
Growing up, one of the things I loved was going to work with my Abu for “Take Your Child to Work Today”. The tables turned today when I got to take Arham to work with me. While I never imagined working away from home when he was so young, life happens and for my Arham …
