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and excited. We moved into our house finally.  It feels amazing. I woke up the first morning and got ready for the day, but everything was n...

I have some random thoughts on happiness, boredom, little things, and other miscellaneous "stuff" I want to write down and rememb...

I'm rereading a book I read long ago.  It's by a physicist and one of my favorites.  This time I'm taking away two main points ...

This morning was pivotal. Nooriya and I have our Saturday morning tradition of making pancakes. I love it and I don't even like pan...

It's been a couple days.  I'm not angry anymore. I'm over it, but I wish I could say that I don't spend any energy on wha...

I got so angry today.  More angry than I can remember being.  It has been awful feeling like this. I confronted the two jerks that set me...

I've been thinking a lot about milestones.  I've been thinking both about what mine are and what they mean. School is starting an...

I don't love eating pancakes, but I love making them. Every Saturday and sometimes on Sunday too Nooriya and I make pancakes. It's w...

It's been a long day. Tonight, Yusuf is giving bags of candy to some friends. It is wonderful to watch I can't help but smile.  Smil...

Yesterday in our soon to be house we did namaz for the first time. The house was still very rough around the edges and there was constructio...

Iftar today was Madeleine cookies, a kind Yusuf and Nooriya love. Yusuf is a big kid now and he does namaz with the other kids now which is ...

I get a lot of time to think during Ramadan. There's so much peaceful time just sitting.  Just sit more often Taher. I've been think...

My involvement with the Casualty Actuarial Society recently started.  I'm on a council tasked with changing the professions culture to ...

The Hubble telescope just celebrated its 25th anniversary. It's being hailed as the greatest scientific achievement. I've been readi...

Just this week Yusuf started texting.  I'm happy to be on his shortlist of contacts:P I don't often get to check my messages duri...

Last week the site of my eventual home was cleared.  There used to be a house there and now it's gone.  Construction has started and no...

I'm "going through" something that's out of my control.  I'm in my head and I'm pretty sure I'm the only pers...

I am reminded today that there's lots of distractions and other stuff in life.  The most important things to me are connections with pe...

This is one of my favorite songs.  I've heard the lyrics so many times I don't think about them as much as I used to.  I read this ...

I've been reading about the criminology  Broken Windows Theory and it's made me appreciate a perspective I've tried to stay aw...