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It's Ramadan and every year I turn inward and think about all that's been given to me and do my best to appreciate it. I think a lot...

I love math because it is full of very abstract concepts with implications about our world once you get passed the foundation stuff.  I...

I'm taking an interest in digital privacy or lack of.  I'm learning that nothing I write in an email (whether sent or not) or blog ...

"A prediction that the sun will rise is no more rational than a prediction the sun won't rise...don't blame nature because you ...

Yesterday Yusuf told me that we "should get a pool in the backyard because it is awesome". It is awesome.  The more I thought a...

I read about a solar powered plane that could fly through the night.  The plane is not practical.  It's slow, difficult to maneuver, an...

I saw this and first thought that it was just cool. I think back to every summer and seeing fireflies and watching them randomly flicker...

I love having cookies and milk with the kids. Nooriya is learning how to dip cookies in milk, it's a little messy:-)

I love my Saturday mornings, most Saturdays in the morning it its just me and Nooriya. Too soon she will go to madrasa too:'(

I'm pretty sure I didn't encourage either one of them to say this:-) "I want to be a builder when I grow up" "I wan...

After many many times gong to Storytime at the library she finally sat by herself. I'm proud of her, but mostly sad she's not cuddli...

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...