Ramadan is almost all gone. There’s only a week left. And after the first day of fasting, I already started to see more of the real me. And I didn’t like all that I saw. I saw Elsa. Ice cold. Anxious. Afraid. With himm…fear over the future based on failures of the past which makes me dangerous…
This Sunday marked two weeks since I left my residence in Oxon Hill, Maryland to travel to a place I only visited once in order to work in complete servitude to 250+ guests. Hesitantly. And this Monday marked exactly one week since I left that week-long residence. Bittersweet and relieved, yet longing. I imagine that inshAllah…
Alhamdulillah. It’s only been a little over a week, but already, this Ramadan is starting out so much better than the last. It only took a nudging from a dear sister on Facebook and four or five of the same emails for me to get the sign of where my Lord was trying to send…
Better late than never…Eid mubarak to you! I know inquiring minds want to know how we fared by the end of Ramadan…and all I can say is alhamdulillah, this was the. best. Ramadan. ever. Even through the tears, drama, and sob story you witnessed here. Things were done that were never done before, and I…
Forget the blogiday, we need to talk. I need to express myself. Is it me, or are you having a rough time this Ramadan too? I mean, I thought I did everything right. I cleaned the house two weeks in advance. I gave up TV months in advance (see posts on Tennessee). I even decorated.…
So if you haven’t noticed how quiet it has been around here, yes, I’m on blogiday. I know, I know. I just had one in March/April, right? Well I firmly believe in the wonders of rejuvenation that a vacation brings. It’s not good to always be a workaholic (believe me, I know), PLUS, Ramadan is…
As we exit the holy month of Rajab reflecting on the blessed anniversary of the Isra and Miraj on Tuesday night, we realize that Ramadan is only a month away. And this is going to be my first Ramadan experience in the summer…DC’s long summer days. But its okay, I’m actually looking forward to the…
I’m experiencing a withdrawal of sorts. My husband says it takes 21 days to break a habit, and some habits are hard to break. I’ve had to break a lot of bad habits in my day, but breaking the habit of watching TV leaves me a little off kilter. It was so much easier when…
I went to a conference today. A conference where I thought I would know at least one person there as a native product of this city. A conference where I did not know one person besides my hubby who accompanied me. A first for me. A first for the conference. The first of its kind.…
It was Ramadan and he (saws) was 40 years old–it was 610 CE. He was approaching the Cave of Hira (where Mecca’s hunafa often retreated). He would be in seclusion…the cave was so small that two people scarce fit. He could see the Ka’aba down below him from the mouth of the cave. He would…
THE SANDAL 