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For some reason Yusuf wanted to throw me a surprise birthday party the other night.  My birthday isn't for months, but this was awesome...

Dad told me something really nice tonight. In English, "a peacock doesn't need to be painted".  He said it much more eloque...

Today Yusuf is going on his first sleepover.  I wasn't ready for him to be going out on his own and spending the night away when my mom...

I'm reading a history of risk and these are a couple quotes I know I will want to come back to read. "The actions we dare to tak...

The other night I watched Nooriya eat a cup of ice cream.  I watch her intently and two thoughts struck me as she worked to get as much ice...

Yesterday was Nooriya's 3rd birthday.  Hard for me to understand she's already 3.  The four of us went for ice cream yesterday to c...

I may have a decision to make soon or even again some time much later this will be worth thinking back to.  I hope I come back to this post ...

The last few weeks I've had several things remind me of my 'smallness'. I am learning about Voyager and the Golden Record i...

I've heard the lore of Aqa Moula's first visit to Chicago in 1978, first utaro at mom and dad's house, but I got a new even mo...

Zahra and Yusuf went to a movie and Nooriya and I made our own movie/flip book

Last week I was in a car accident and I just can't get past what did and didn't happen.  The accident happened in an instant, but i...

I both fear and hope that many of the wonderful memories I have of the last couple years since Yusuf and Nooriya have come will be replaced...

I've been writing this blog for long enough that I barely recognize the perspective that I used to have.  I wrote this  8 years ago abo...

A new morning routine has developed at home over the last couple weeks and it is awesome!  I've made my start a little earlier and at f...

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...