Life Through My Eyes
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 …
Three and a half years after I wrote about my hajj experience in 2013, it is still one of the most popular topics that brings people from all across the world to my blog. If not THE most popular topic that gets the most hits on my site. Especially my post on packing for hajj specifically. …
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 …
“If you force Muslims to register, we will all register as Muslims” said Feminist icon Gloria Steinem. “I stand ready to register as Muslim in #solidarity“ said the Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. “I stand ready to register as a Muslim in solidarity if it comes to that” said actress Mayim Bialik. I don’t …
I didn’t watch the inauguration. If you know what a news and political junkies we are in this house, this was big. News are big in our house. Domestic and international. Politics are discussed profusely. Throughout the day, there are texts, news alerts and tweets sent among our household group text. We watch the news …
There is absolutely no worse feeling than your baby being unwell and you can’t take away their pain. For the past seven days we have either been at the pediatrician, at the hospital, or both. These past seven days have been exhausting, physically and emotionally. When Arham woke up ill Friday, and wouldn’t improve as the …
Earlier this month, one morning, Arham woke up quite content. He got up, sat up in his crib and started playing. I checked on him a few times, he glanced at me before continuing to play. I should have been ecstatic, right? So why did I feel sad instead? It got me thinking… Some day …
