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Today when I left for work Nooriya was in diapers and when I get home from work she won't be.  Potty training starts today.  A small pa...

Today I sat across from Yusuf as he devoured an ice cream cone. Relative to him, it was giant and he finished it completely one lick at a ti...

The last few days have been stressful and made many times more stressful with Nooriya constantly screaming. She alternates between loud and...

The last few weeks for me have been frustrating; Nooriya has been making her preference for Zahra known. Every day is, "I want MAMMI!...

Ashura was yesterday and I'm thoroughly exhausted. It's a good exhausted accompanied by a sense of accomplishment. #4 because it...

Stupid title, I know. I'm sure I'll think that when I come back to read this. Reminder to myslef - these posts are a snapshot of how...

I spent much of my drive home from work yesterday behind somebody who had a bumper sticker that read "If you could ask God one question...

I asked Yusuf, "Will you stay in Chicago with us forever?" "Yeah. Look...that's a big frog." Very convincing:P I wis...

I want to write down and capture how I've been feeling about my job change. I still have the same thoughts as I did when I made the chan...

My phone broke last week, or more accuartely I broke it. Since then, I've been without a phone and now have a phone that pretty much onl...

With much trepidation I've made a change leaving my really good job earlier this summer. I haven't exactly taken a step down, rather...

Every year we ask each other our favorite thing that happened in the past year. The last several have been easy for me, usually Yusuf or No...

My masala is full! Namaz time at my house is awesome. Yusuf does namaz with me and pretty well I'd say for a 3 year old. He stands nex...

There's a children's book out called Fish is Fish . It is a fable about a fish who is friends with a frog. The fish wonders what thi...

Some huge Moula news this weekend. Like many, I imagine, I received it with mixed feelings. It took lunch today with Yusuf and Nooriya t...

Unfortunately, I've been to the cemetery too many times lately. The qabrastan is a very cathartic experience. I stop what I'm doing ...

I have been struggling to figure out what I want to do with my career lately. Recently, I've tried finding other opportunities that are ...

Congratulations! I am so proud of Zahra that I can't find the words to express it. This project has so much potential and I hope it ALL ...

I have been learning to swim the last several months. Up until just recently I could successfully splash my way from point A to B, but it w...

I have been unaware just how much my experiences affect my logic and reasoning. My brain fills in the blanks for so much information and gu...